That is what I was going to ask, the hashtalk?

You "tag" your tweets with a keyword or keywords.
Such as...

Happy #mothersday to all moms out there!

#boarding MSP to LGA, delayed by an hour

I just found a great deal on airfares to Dublin! $300 R/T! #flyertalk #traveldeals

And who sees them just your contacts? I am going to follow you if thats okay.

But if I want to ask a ques. of some one I'm following(yourwxtoday) how do I ask them a ques & get it on their page instead of mine ?

If they follow you all your tweets appear on their page. Although those with lots of followers may never see it. (I'd be lucky to see 5% of the tweets of the 1000 odd I'm currently following, unless specifically addressed to me see below.)

If you put @<theirtwittername> anywhere in the tweet then it will appear on their www.twitter.com/replies page.

You can also direct message anyone who follows you (works a bit like FT private message but only to those who follow each other).

Okay - but are people expected to search on the # comment, or is it just there to bring it to the recipient's attention? I'm assuming the messages, even when searched, are only available to those within your permitted access group?

Makes it easier to find things.

Using twitter search http://search.twitter.com/search?q=flyertalk
Using hashtags website (more functionality) http://www.hashtags.org/tag/flyertalk/messages
Using twittgroups website http://twittgroups.com/group/flyertalk or
http://tgr.me/g/flyertalk

So is Twitter a form of IM?

Twitter in Plain English
http://www.commoncraft.com/twitter

That was great!!! Thanks~

Just read this updated topic, so I see you are indeed from FT. I'll follow you. And my hostel, as usual, was nice. :)

It will appear on their page as well, though as Kiwi Flyer said, it may be helpful to DM (direct message) them.

When I recently asked a young computer/techno-savvy friend if she twittered, she looked at me with a dumb-founded stare and asked "Who gives a crap if I am enjoying a ham and cheese sandwich?" ^

I tweet under asya999.

The #boarding thing is totally cool, I'm so gonna do it!

Who is on Twitter?
 

Searched and came up empty but I hope I can find and follow a few good FT'ers to keep up to date. I always do my best tweeting in airports on layovers anyway.

You can find me at the link in my signature @dcvaquero

politicalhack2 I've merged your thread in with the existing thread on the subject

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