Tech Tip: Creating Fake Tweets

Hello!  I'm here to tell you about how you can create fake tweets.  I used the Twitter Tweet Generator to create tweets for my storybook project.  All of these pictures are screencaps of the process that I'll be walking you through.

Step 1: Go to the website.  This is what the blank slate looks like.  As you update the fields on the left, they'll be reflected in the tweet on the right.

Step 2: Upload the picture you want to use for the profile picture.  Since this was for my storybook, I uploaded an image of the character I was using - the Doctor - who is watching the goings on of the story, and livetweeting it.  After you've first uploaded a picture, you can lick on "select an image" to use the same picture for each subsequent tweet you're creating.

These are images that I have uploaded previously to be used as profiles pictures.

After selecting a picture, the preview is immediately updated.

Step 3: Fill in the username information.  For those familiar with Doctor Who, this is an inside joke.  For those unfamiliar, I'll let you in: the Doctor, a space- and time traveling alien, often uses the alias "Dr. Smith" because of how common it is.  The "Not That Dr. Smith" comes from that, because for the purpose of my Storybook, he's really just an ordinary Dr. Smith, and not the time traveler.

Step 4: Fill in the message field with the tweet!

Step 5: Tweak the tweet's little details such as changing the date and time of the tweet, and whether or not you are following the user.

Step 6: Save the image.  You can either screencap the image or click on the button that says "download tweet" - which will lead you to a new screen (below) where you can just right click and "save as."

The result:

Final note: I don't know why the images have been coming out fuzzy today.  The generator was giving me clear images just a few days ago.