Do you know Twitter? You probably already heard about it, so just to remind you, here is definition from Wikipedia:
“Twitter is an online social networking service and microblogging service that enables its users to send and read text-based messages of up to 140 characters, known as “tweets”.
The description is quite simple as Twitter itself is, and that is the beauty of this social network. You have to limit your message to up to 140 characters which forces you to be concise and to the point. Twitter is a great platform for reporting about something happening. In many cases this medium is the first to notice when something starts happening. For example, it has been used to organize protests, sometimes referred to as “Twitter Revolutions”, which include the 2011 Egyptian revolution, 2010–2011 Tunisian protests, 2009–2010 Iranian election protests, and 2009 Moldova civil unrest.
As Agora is one of the most important conferences in AEGEE we would like to use Twiter, and not only to report about what is going on at the Agora. As there are quite a lot of things happening at same time, it can be useful to have an overview of these events for participants, but also for people who are interested but could not join.
If you want to be informed or report about something happening please follow this short tutorial:
- You need to have a Twitter acount: please go to https://twitter.com/
- Familiarise yourself with how to use the Twitter interface – you can find a nice guide here: http://www.wikihow.com/Use-Twitter
- For every tweet about Agora use hashtag #AgoraBP
- Follow Agora Budapest Twitter wall http://agorabp.tweetwally.com/
- Tweet and tweet!
This way everybody, participant or not, can take part in the Agora.
Written by Pavel Zbornik, member of the Comité Directeur 2012-2013