Who Can See My Tweets if I Have No Followers?

Twitter is one platform where you can get the latest updates and viral content. Some tweets go viral easily, and it’s a good place to get updates about your favorite celebrity.

If you have a Twitter account, you may be curious to know who can see your tweets, even if you are new to the platform and have no followers.

There are various ways you can tweak your tweet to determine who can see them, and this guide discusses how to use the public and private settings on your Twitter account. We will cover how to tweet and answer various questions about tweets. Better keep reading to stay informed.

What is a Tweet?

A tweet is a thread shared on Twitter. It could be a text, link, video, or GIF. Tweets are used on Twitter, similar to how you can share an Instagram story.

For public accounts, anything you tweet can be viewed by people on their timelines. Besides, anyone can like, comment, or retweet your tweet.

You can see all your liked tweets on your timeline. People use tweets to interact with their audience or share what’s on their minds.

Often, you will notice celebrities, such as musicians tweeting about a new song they intend to release for the world to know. A tweet is global, so don’t get surprised to see someone’s tweet based on a different location.

Furthermore, you can view other tweets on your timeline, which Twitter recommends based on your interest.

How To Tweet

As a beginner Twitter user, you may get confused about how to share your first tweet. The good news is that posting your first tweet is not difficult.

The steps below will guide you:

1. Access your Twitter account.
2. On the home page, click the “New Tweet” button at the bottom-right corner of the mobile app.
   On a computer, the tweet box should be visible at the top of the page.
3. A tweet box will display. Inside, write anything you wish to tweet.
   Note that each tweet has a limit of 280 characters.
4. You can click the camera icon at the bottom to attach a picture or video.
5. Once you’ve typed your tweet, click the “Tweet” button at the bottom.

Bravo! You just made your first tweet for the world to see.

Who Views My Tweets If I Have No Followers?

The tweet you shared in the above section gets shared on your timeline, and anyone can view it without needing to be your follower. Twitter uses an algorithm to recommend tweets to people’s timelines based on their interests.

Therefore, if your tweet matches someone’s interest, they will likely see it. Furthermore, they can like, comment or retweet your tweet without being your follower.

Note that your tweet is only visible to everyone if it is public. When you create a new account, your tweets ate set to public by default.

Nonetheless, you don’t have to share your tweets with everyone. You can modify your privacy settings and set your tweets to private; someone has to be your follower to view them. We will see how to go about it in a later section.

How To Delete a Tweet

If you’ve posted a tweet and wish to delete it to avoid anyone seeing it, that’s possible. If you didn’t intend your tweet to be public, you can delete it, then modify your privacy settings to make it private.

Here’s how to delete a tweet:

1. Access your Twitter account.
2. On your profile page, locate the tweet you wish to delete.
3. Click the three dots next to the tweet.
4. From the listed options, click “Delete”.

Your tweet is successfully deleted, and no one can see it unless they have captured a screenshot.

How To Change Your Twitter Privacy Settings

You don’t have to allow the whole world to see your tweet. Twitter allows users to set who can view their tweets, giving you control of your tweet. To protect your tweets, you must enable the protected tweets option.

With the protected tweets mode, your tweets will only be visible to your followers. Besides, even your followers can’t retweet your tweet, and anyone wanting to follow you must send a request, which you can accept or reject.

To keep your tweets protected, use the steps below:

1. Access your Twitter account.
2. Under your profile page, click the “More” button.
3. Navigate to “Settings and Privacy”.
4. Scroll down and click the “Privacy and Safety” option.
5. Click on “Audience and tagging”.
6. Lastly, check the box next to “Protect your Tweets”.

With those steps, someone must be your follower to see your tweets. If they are your followers, they can like the tweet and even comment but can’t retweet or share the tweet unless they capture a screenshot.

Conclusion

Knowing who can view your tweets is crucial to avoid messing up things.

If you have no followers and your tweets are public, anyone can see them, like, comment, and retweet.

However, if you don’t want your tweets to be public, use the protected tweets feature described in this article.

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