Should i private my twitter

We delete comments that violate our policy , which we encourage you to read. Discussion threads can be closed at any time at our discretion. If you have a Twitter account, change these privacy settings now Learn what settings you need to change to keep your data private. Matt Elliott. Delivered Tuesdays and Thursdays. Other things you should understand is that if you mention someone in a tweet who isn't following you, they won't be notified.

By protecting your tweets, your followers won't be able to retweet your tweets. Hashtags will also not be very useful since only your followers will be able to see the tweets.

Lastly, embedding your tweets in blog posts or sharing them through a permanent link, won't be possible if they're protected. You might have noticed in the picture in this section that the bio, Twitter handle, name and pictures are all sill visible — this is important to take into account. Despite your tweets not being seen, you still represent yourself online, so be aware of that. Also, even though your tweets can only be seen by followers and are unable to be retweeted, don't forget about screenshots, copy and paste, and third-party services, like Buffer, that allow users to share Tweets regardless of your settings.

The point is, as I've said in my articles before, watch what you say and don't just think that because you're "protected" that people won't find out what you say. When you ask yourself this question, you must think about what you want to get out of Twitter. If you're looking to use it as a way to make connections, then protecting your tweets would actually be a disadvantage to you. But if you want to just connect with people you know, then protecting your tweets wouldn't be a bad idea.

In addition, a somewhat obvious benefit to protecting your tweets is the ability to prevent fake users and spammers from following you. It's amazing how many fake users really are on Twitter, despite its efforts to reduce the number. Protecting your tweets enables you keep the numbers of followers you have accurate and manage your connections — your real connections.

Other reasons you might want to protect your tweets is if you are primarily trying to use Twitter as a news source to gather information, and aren't interested in connecting with other users you don't personally know. Search this site on Google Search Google. Written by Rachel May Quin.

Jul 2, PM. What happens when I protect my Tweets? When you protect your Tweets and make your Twitter account private, only your current followers will be able to see your Tweets. Accounts with protected Tweets require each user to request to follow. You are able to manually approve and select who is able to see your Tweets. The retweet function is disabled on Tweets you post, so anything you post remains entirely within your account. Your followers are NOT able to share your content, they can only favorite it.

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