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X (formerly Twitter)
X was launched in the year 2006 under the name Twitter as a social networking and microblogging
site. It was created by Jack Dorsey, Noah Glass, Biz Stone, and Evan Williams. It was released by
an American company Odeo. It is designed for sharing short updates and messages. These messages
are called posts. The posts are limited to 280 characters only. In X, you follow people or organisations
which share similar academic and personal interests. You can create your own X feeds. You can also
repost the posts created by others. If a post is liked by a lot of people across the globe and it gets many
likes, shares, and comments, it is said be have gone Viral. Posts can be anything-pictures, links, GIFs,
or videos. By default, the posts are public on X. This means that anyone can view the post.
Creating Account on X
Follow the below steps to register with X:
Step 1: Open the X.com website on your browser.
Step 2: Click on the Create Account button. The Create your
account popup box appears. Enter your Name, Phone
number or e-mail address and Date of birth.
Step 3: Click on the Next button after reviewing the details that you
have entered.
Step 4: Click on the Sign up button.
Step 5: Enter the verification code received either on your phone or
email address, which you have entered. Click on the Next
button.
Step 6: Enter a password for your account. Remember a password
should be minimum 8 characters long. It should be a
combination of uppercase and lowercase letters, numbers,
and some special characters. Creating an account
Step 7: Upload a profile picture from your device or you can skip this step by clicking on Skip for now
button.
Step 8: Write something about yourself in brief in Describe yourself pop-up box. You can skip this
step also.
Step 9: Select the languages you speak and mention your interests by selecting the respective
checkboxes and options available on the screen. Click on the Next button
Step 10: Now, you can select from the suggestions to follow people or organisations on X. You can
follow your favourite sports persons, actors, scientists, researchers, etc.
Step 11: Click on Allow notifications, if you want to get notified when these people post any updates.
Step 12: The X homepage will open.
Step 13: Click on the Post button to start sharing the post. You can also leave comments or send a
heart to like other people's posts.
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