X Guide
What makes X special?
- On X, it is easy to interact with journalists, politicians, your peers and others.
- You can use X to network and share knowledge with your peers all over the world, and also to make yourself available as an expert in your field.
- On X you can avoid algorithm-driven filters. This means that you can choose to see everything from all the profiles you follow, and not just the most popular content.
- You can choose to receive a notification from X when there is new content about or from the profiles you wish to follow in particular.
- You can actually follow a large number of profiles on X without losing track – for example by making lists of preferred interests and topics.
X texts
- Background info ('bio'): 160 characters
- Post: 280 characters, including any hashtags, mentions and links.
- Mention: @ followed by user name, e.g. @SSTbrostrom
- Hashtag: # followed by keywords, often consisting of abbreviations, e.g. #universitiesUK
- Place hashtags and links at the end of the post
X photos
- Header photo: 1500 x 500 pixels (max. file size of 5 MB)
- Profile photo: min. 600 pixels wide and preferably 600 x 600 pixels (max. file size 2 MB)
- Photo(s) in tweet: 1024 x 512 pixels, but any photo between a 2:1 and 1:1 aspect ratio works. Max. four photos per tweet
- Formats JPG, PNG or GIF
Thank you to Kristian Strøbech and Techhytten
This material about X is based on Kristian Strøbech’s X course and the associated course notes.
"X helps me keep up-to-date with research, new methods and broader issues in science. I've also met people at large conferences from live-tweeting their work, so in that way it also strengthens my network."
Christine Parsons, Department of Clinical Medicine, @ce_parsons
"Fun and games, but most importantly it's an occasion to talk about and discuss my work and research. I've got a network on X, which I don't think I would have been able to get anywhere else. Interesting people and opinions."
Asser Thomsen, Department of Forensic Medicine, @AsserThomsen