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Why You Should Use a Twitter Client

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009

Okay, so you’re on Twitter. You’re posting. You’re @replying your little heart out. Now someone asks “what client are you using?” or “what app?”. Client? App? What?! Something else new to learn?

Twitter clients are programs that allow you to access Twitter. They are more convenient because sometimes Twitter’s website can run very slowly. Many clients also have additional features that make them very convenient, such as:

- manage multiple accounts at once
- see your @replies in a column side by side with your main feed
- place people you’re following into groups to keep more organized
- post to your Facebook and Twitter account at the same time
- automatically shortening URLs into compact URLs to save space
- easily manage many different users on the same Twitter account (great for a team of Twitterers)

Those are just some of the nifty features you can get from using a Twitter client. Twitter apps are simply programs (clients) available to use on your mobile device. There is also an add-on for your iGoogle homepage, just increasing the options you have for accessing Twitter even more. So what client or app should you use? Here are some of the most popular ones.

TweetDeck
Seesmic Desktop
Twhirl
TwitterBerry (Blackberry)
UberTwitter (Blackberry)
Tweetie (iPhone)
CoTweet
HootSuite