What This Guide Covers

X is the most argumentative app in this series, and this guide says so in the first chapter. It then spends a whole chapter showing you how to use it anyway: the Following tab, private lists, muted words and bookmarks.

It also explains, twice, the thing that catches people out most: a blue checkmark means someone paid for a subscription, not that they are who they claim to be.

What You Will Learn

• The Following tab and private lists: how to build a feed worth reading
• Muted words: hide any topic, for a day or forever
• Reply controls: decide who can reply before you post
• Bookmarks, threads, quotes and reposts explained
• Search properly: the Latest tab and the from: trick
• What blue, gold and grey checkmarks actually mean
• 6 common X scams, including fake support replies and crypto giveaways
• 6 checks before believing or sharing anything during breaking news

What’s Inside

44 pages · 12 chapters · Large print · Clickable contents · Printable cheat sheet

1. What X Is and Whether It’s For You
2. Installing X
3. Creating Your Account
4. Setting Up Your Profile
5. Privacy and Safety Settings
6. Reading X Without the Noise
7. Posting and Other Features
8. Notifications, Time and Data
9. Staying Safe: Scams, Fakes and Arguments
10. Problems and Fixes
11. Glossary
12. Your Printable Cheat Sheet

Who This Guide Is For

For anyone who follows news, sport or a particular field on X and wants the useful part without the shouting, and for anyone who has been put off by how the app feels by default. It is candid about what X is now, and practical about making it calmer.

Frequently Asked Questions

Instant PDF download · Large print, A5 · Works on Android and iPhone · Printable cheat sheet included

Independent guide. Not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by the app makers named. Trademarks belong to their respective owners and are used only to identify the app being explained.

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