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Many people find it hard to understand what twitter is all about and when they do get a hint they really don’t know what to tweet about. So, I thought I will spend some time on finding and listing down some reasons. But then I found these wonderful blogs. Read on if you are twitterati or a rookie tweeter.

• 33 Reasons to Use Twitter - A Guide to Finding Value in the Service!
• 22 Reasons to Use Twitter for Business and Pleasure
• 11 reasons to use Twitter for business

Keep it simple. And do list some interesting reasons why you tweet too :)

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Now that you know the history, here are the basics on chocolate. There are 3 chocolate variants:

1. Bittersweet or Semi Sweet (Dark) Chocolate : Sweetened chocolate with a minimum cocoa bean or chocolate liquor content of 35% by weight, and which may contain up to 12% milk solids. Dark chocolate is the latest rage, often preferred by adults with equally sophisticated food palates. 
2. Milk Chocolate : Contains a minimum of 10% by weight of chocolate liquor, at least 3.39% milk fat, and a minimum of 12% milk solids (inclusive of milk fat). 
3. White Chocolate : A sweet ivory-colored confection that contains by weight at least 20% cocoa butter, at least 14% milk solids, and at least 3.5% milk fat, and no more than 55% sweeteners.

Stay tuned to know:

3 Historical Facts on Chocolate
3 Great links to learn more about your chocolate
3 Awesome movies about life around Chocolate
3 Magazines on Chocolate to follow
3 Awesome Chocolate Recipes   
3 Life Benefits of Chocolate

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A 2000 year old journey from the jungles of Central America as a medication to pure indulgence, chocolate is a sinful food many of us swear by. Beyond all the known benefits of Chocolate to be good for memory, sex drive, tooth health, mood and long life, there are many new benefits of it being validated by researchers as we speak.Chocolate has inspired artists, kings, general people; used in rituals and traced its path from its humble beginnings to across the world and may be in a way thanks to Colonial rule & Globalization :)

In this series on Chocolate I intend to take you on trip of 'Enlightement' on - your and mine - chocolate. Let thy be 'Chocolated' !!

Here are three interesting historical facts about chocolate to start with:

1662, Rome Takes Another Look: As chocolate became exceptionally fashionable,The Church of Rome took a second look at this bewitching beverage. The judgment: "Liquidum non frangit jejunum," reiterated that a chocolate drink did not break the fast. But eating chocolate confections didn’t pass muster, until Easter. Is this where the Easter Bunny makes an entrance?

1830, The Drink Became a Confection: Solid eating chocolate was developed by J. S. Fry and Sons, a British chocolate maker.

1938, World War II: The U.S. government recognized chocolate's role in the Allied Armed Forces. It allocated valuable shipping space for the importation of cocoa beans which would give many weary soldiers the strength to carry. Today, the U.S. Army D-rations include three 4-ounce chocolate bars. Chocolate has even been taken into space as part of the diet of U.S. astronauts.

Some Links to learn more on this:

A Gourmet Chocolate Club details the history of chocolate
The Wikipedia on Chocolate History
More about Chocolate History
Google Timeline on Chocolate

Stay tuned to this series:

3 Primary Types of Chocolate
3 Great links to learn more about your chocolate
3 Awesome movies about life around Chocolate
3 Magazines on Chocolate to follow
3 Awesome Chocolate Recipes   
3 Life Benefits of Chocolate

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These are what I look for when I confirm a follow back or follow. I do not believ that it is necessary to follow everyone that follows you and these are my methods to chose right & best people to follow.

• Has A 'Respectable' Display Picture - Be it a brand, person or company. The DP shows you are serious. You could get followed by porn stars or bots, so a good DP is a great differentiator.
• Has a Quality Timeline with @ Replies & links shared - High interactivity and information sharing. If somebody has a sales pitch or discount claims I prefer to ignore them to. 
• The list of 'Followers vs Following' – Look for a healthy number. More followers than following is surely safe. If it is the otherway round then I look for a good ratio like ( 1 : 0.96 ) followers to following.

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The Twitverse is a public world and so is your content and presence. Thus controlling who sees your content and who is not aware of your presence is difficult. Yes there is an option to set your updates to private, but your profile is still searchable. Although there are some things you can control mainly - your account safety. Here are three ways to keep yourself safe.

1. High Password Strength: The usual beware clauses apply. Keep a password of high strength – alphanumeric, at least 10 characters, use special characters to enhance strength, & DO not use the same password for many accounts.
2. Access to third Party tools with caution: There are many third party tools that take your twitter password and username to allow access to the tools.
3. Beware of Phishing: The amount of links posted by tweeters are taunting and you may never be able to go through all of them. But, the ones that you do go through unaware of what lies beyond could cause you some pain. Select your followers carefully.

With some inspiration from this post @sherweb. Continue reading on his post on 'How to Avoid Getting Twitter-Jacked' for a more detailed direction.

Keep it Simple :)

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