What is Twitter follow? Explanation of functions, usage, and questions for beginners (1) | My Navi News My Navi News My Navi

This is the home screen of the newly opened Twitter account. If you don't follow any tweets, no tweets will flow to your timeline.

By following other accounts, their tweets will continue to be delivered to your timeline. The account will also be added to your follow list.

In addition to personal accounts, there are various accounts such as celebrities, companies, public institutions, and facilities on Twitter accounts, and you can follow your favorite accounts.

The state in which both you and the other person follow each other is commonly called "mutual follow". To follow someone who has followed you is called "follow back (follower)" or "follow back".

When someone follows you, that account will be added to your "Followers" list. Also, your tweets will be delivered to your followers' timelines. As long as you don't follow the other person yourself, the tweets of the follower (the other person) will basically not be displayed on your timeline.

The basic specification of Twitter's direct mail (DM) is that it can be sent from the followed side to the followed side. You can't DM someone just by following them yourself (there are some exceptions, such as the person allowing DMs from all accounts).

How to follow someone's account on Twitter

I will explain how to follow someone from the Twitter official app on your smartphone. The basic flow is to search for the account you want to follow and press the "Follow" button. You can follow the other person's tweets not only on the search results screen but also on the timeline you normally see. I'm using an iPhone this time, but the basic operations are the same on Android.

How to check the accounts you are following

Although "Following" is displayed on the profile screen of the accounts you are following, it is easy to check from your follow list.

How to unfollow (unfollow)

Introduces how to unfollow an account that you have followed. There are three patterns in total: how to remove from your list of followers, how to remove from the other person's tweets, and how to remove from the other person's profile screen.

First, I will explain how to unfollow from your follow list (follow list). As introduced earlier, display the "Following" list screen from the three-line button on the top right of the Twitter app home screen.

Next, I'll show you how to unfollow someone's tweets that appear on your timeline.

The last method is to display the profile screen from the other person's user icon and unfollow them.

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How to follow a private account (key account)

To follow a so-called "key account (key account)" whose tweets are private, you need to allow the other person to follow you. I need to get it. Here, I will follow the flow of following the private account "Kagaku B" from the editorial department's test account "MN-Twitter Research Group A".

On the next page, you will find Q&A about following Twitter. We answer questions such as: Is there a way to get more followers? Want to keep your following list private? Is there a way to see tweets without following?