Question 1: What happens if you select “Protect My Tweets”? 
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Lesson Quiz
Question 1: What happens if you select “Protect My Tweets”?
Question 2: What would NOT be a likely result of you choosing to protect your Tweets?
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Search engine
A website that allows users to search for specific keywords and phrases and retrieves results ranked by relevancy; results may include multiple types of media, such as map locations, images and videos. (0:53)
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Network
A system or group of interconnected people or things. (0:49)
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Tweet
The standard microblog post on Twitter, which is limited to 140 characters. (0:08)
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Twitter
A popular microblogging platform that lets users connect and share information with friends, celebrities, companies and more via short messages. (0:05)
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Settings
A user's specified parameters for a browser, social network, or other application; browser settings include homepage and security, whereas account settings on web applications or social networks include email notifications, various aesthetic options and privacy options. (0:05)
As you go though your Twitter account settings you will notice that there is one primary privacy option entitled “Protect my Tweets”. If enabled, this setting will hide all of your Tweets from the general public and only show them to people that you accept follower requests from. In today’s world of privacy concerns it may be tempting to turn this setting on but before you do, it is important that you understand what the consequences are. When you protect your Tweets it limits your overall Twitter experience. You will have less opportunities to connect and gain followers because people won’t be able to see who you are or what you have said in the past. Typically, when your Tweets are protected the only followers that you will get are people that know you personally.This can be a very limiting factor if you are trying to use Twitter to network or market a product. Additionally, Tweets that are protected are not indexed by search engines. This means that all of the links, posts and images you send out via Twitter will never be “findable” on Google, Yahoo or Bing. So while protecting your Tweets does afford you greater privacy, it also limits you and forces you to use Twitter as a closed network which is not what it is intended for.
Lesson Quiz
Glossary
Settings
A user's specified parameters for a browser, social network, or other application; browser settings include homepage and security, whereas account settings on web applications or social networks include email notifications, various aesthetic options and privacy options.
A popular microblogging platform that lets users connect and share information with friends, celebrities, companies and more via short messages.
Tweet
The standard microblog post on Twitter, which is limited to 140 characters.
Network
A system or group of interconnected people or things.
Search engine
A website that allows users to search for specific keywords and phrases and retrieves results ranked by relevancy; results may include multiple types of media, such as map locations, images and videos.
