A Brief Note on Twitter
From leaders of the World to movie stars. If something is common between them, then it probably is Twitter. Everybody uses Twitter to share any updates, comment on a topic, or just general communication. Originally, Twitter restricted the character count to 140. But since 2017, it allows up to 280 characters. Apart from text-based Tweets, you can also use Twitter to share audio and video tweets as well. Once you type the message and hit that “Tweet” button, there is no turning back. There is no editing option (at least at the time of posting this guide). And everyone can see your Tweet, whether they follow you or not.
How to Make Twitter Account Private?
The concern for privacy is increasing day by day. If you are looking to avoid online abuse, harassment, and controversies, then a useful feature from Twitter is to make your account private. Once you make your Twitter account private, you can restrict the Tweets to only being delivered to your followers. But how to make Twitter account private? Let us see now.
In Web Browser
You can open Twitter’s website on any web browser and start using it.
Launch any web browser and open Twitter’s home page. Log in to Twitter using your credentials. On the Twitter home page, click on “More” on the left tab. You will get a pop-up. Then select “Settings and privacy”.
Now, on the Settings page, click on “Privacy and safety”. The options on the right will change. From the right pane, select the “Audience and tagging” option.
You can see a check box with the option “Protect your Tweets”. Check this. Now, you made your Twitter Account private and the Tweets are visible only to people who follow you.
In Smartphone App
Twitter has a great smartphone app. The majority of Twitter users use the smartphone app, be it Android or iPhone. Let us now see how to make Twitter account private in the smartphone app.
Look for the Twitter app on your smartphone and open it. You might already be logged in to your Twitter account. If not, log in using your username and password. In the top left corner, you can see your Profile Picture. Click on it to open the side menu. At the end of the list, you can see “Settings and privacy”. Tap on it. The rest of the procedure is very similar to what we saw in the web browser version. Now, tap on the “Privacy and safety” option from the list. Next, tap on the “Audience and tagging” option in the Privacy subpage. Toggle the “Protect your Tweets” feature to turn it on.
That’s it. You just made your Twitter account private.
What Does Protect your Tweets Mean?
“We thought this is a guide on how to make Twitter Account private. Why was it about protecting Tweets”? Privacy in the Twitter-verse means controlling who can view your Tweets. By default, when Tweet something, it automatically becomes a public Tweet. That means anyone with a Twitter account can view your Tweet. By enabling the “Protect your Tweets” feature in the Privacy Settings of Twitter, you are essentially restricting the Tweets only to your followers. There are a couple of things you need to understand here. All the users who are following you before you protected your Tweets can still view your Tweets. If you don’t a particular follower not to view your Tweets, then you can block them. Now, the next thing is about new users who want to follow you after you protected your Tweets. In this case, you will get a request with a choice of whether to approve this particular user or deny them. Once you protect your Tweets, all the protected Tweets are not visible in third-party search engines such as Google. Even on Twitter, only your followers can search for your protected Tweets. The “Retweet” option will not work. So, your followers cannot retweet or retweet with comment.
Conclusion
Twitter is a very popular social networking platform. Presidents, Prime Ministers, Politicians, Celebrities, Movie Stars, and of course common people also use Twitter.
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Using its 280-character limit, you can Tweet your thoughts, ideas, comments, updates, etc. using Twitter. With the growth of Twitter, the concern for privacy and security is also increasing. You can make your Twitter Account Private and control who views your Tweets. In this guide, we saw how to make Twitter Account Private in both the web browser and the smartphone app. After that, we saw the effect of making a Twitter Account Private. Comment * Name * Email * Website
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