How do I post tweets to a trending topic?

you have to do the #&whateverthetopicis, as it is in the trends.sorry i figured it out.you'll see it in there. its best to be in the topic your writting in to see it as so many ppl tweet in them you can easely miss it...

GatesMall.com thanks robyn for the help.

I hate to seem a bit ditzy but im really not understanding what you mean by #&whateverthetopicis??

Ok...hold on i looked at other similar answered questions and they said to place a #_ before writting what you want. So I guess what im trying to ask is WHERE do I put this #_ thing in order to post a topic?

I figured it out. It was because my profile was private so nothing I wrote was showing up on public trending.

To gamutgal, Go into the topic you want. Exp. Say the topic is ,Shopping, .At the top of that page where it says update, start with this #shopping and type what ever you want after that then press update. It will appear in the topic.
GatesMall.com @ your service

Ok but your saying to go into a topic, what if the topic i want they don't have and so for that reason i wanted to start one?? starting a topic is what i want to know how to do...not just go into one and leave comments

I am not seeing my post back in the trending topic ... I click on one of them on the right of the screen ... I see all the incoming tweets ... To participate I am using all the right words ... and as an extra add them one more time with @ and/or # at the end or beginning of the tweet ...... but it only appears on my own page :(

Proust69, are your updates privated? If so, nothing you write will show up in the trending thread. That was what I was doing wrong when I originally posted the question here.... If your updates are not locked/privated, you put the # at the beginning - for example, #dogs to post onto a trending thread about dogs.

Hi sheigh,
My updates are not privated. The "Protect my updates" radio button is unchecked.

To add to a trending topic:

Let's say the topic is pudding... Then anywhere in your post place the marker #pudding

The hash mark designates a "trend" term.

Well if you're certain that your 'Protect My Updates' box is unchecked then you must be doing it wrong. I just tested it out and saw my tweet instantly in the #Pens topic

"Tweeter software"?? Have you tried to do this from the web? Maybe some client is sending the wrong formatting to Twitter. Just try to type in something from the web to test.

Sorry deleted last comment by accident. Yes, I believe is a tweeter bug, that prevent some members post from going live. We had some friends come over and give a shot but no luck yet.

I'm in the same boat. I've been tweeting for sometime now and realize that due to the large volume of users may cause you to miss you posts to threads but I have even had this happen late at night when not very many are Tweeting. Just a little conserned for everyone envolved.

I've been adding the # in the ways described here but it doesn't go live. In my home page the topic doesn't bolden up and link to the trending topic as I see it happen when I go to the trending topic section and look at other people's posts.

I actually re-signed up for another account and all works fine there (although i cant find my new username in search but I can "tweet" to a trending topic finally!)

Hi Carmen,
Did you look both in your homepage and your login page.
Other than that I don't know how to help you.
Gates@your service

what i have notice lately is only about 50% of tweets to the trending topic appear and the rest never do show up for me. but of course all the tweets do showup in my profile

I can't get it to work either. I have put the #(insert topic HERE), but my post is not showing up in that topic :/

Ok..it works now. :P Here is my 2 cents to help others: To interact with Trending Topic (or any) you put a --> # <-- followed by name of topic. Example #dogs. It can be put *anywhere* in the post to show up. Make new topic by using new word after #.

Hi,
The topic was shopping mall this is what I typed below

#shopping mall "http://gatesmall.com shopping mall, can't wait for that important date. Stay Tuned! Watch that dial! for the Grand Opening.
Then press update. Make sure you are on the page exp. shopping mall
It took a few seconds of refreshing the page. I left it and went back to my twitter site and then went back to the page shopping mall and it was there too. Hope this works.
Gatesmall.com @ your service

If you are not private and your tweets do not get picked up by search (ie #trending topics), you may have a bug that others share. Check this thread. Click "I have this problem too" -- maybe we'll get noticed.

http://getsatisfaction.com/twitter/to...

I read through all the postings, tried what was suggested, and still can't tweet to a topic. It seems like I get one problem fixed, and another one crops up.

I cant posot to trending topics either

Why

can someone please answer my question I posted last just scroll up about 20 people...Thanks :(

How *********** difficult can it be, i am still not succeeding in doing it. Any other options ?

gamutgal: It's the same as adding onto a trend. If you start a trend about #magicdonkies it will become one. But if nobody but you is in the trend its not going to be very popular and wouldn't actually be considered a true trend.

to everybody else having problems tweeting in trends: Create a new dummy account and see if that one allows you to trend. If it does I suggest deleting your account and starting a new one.

Thanks for the help.

i am experiencing the same problem. is there no other solution to this than to create a new account? my followers are like falling hair lmao. im so disappointed in twitter's service, seriously! they should have a chatroom to answer and accomodate our concerns. we keep on posting problems but so far not so good, only few are being resolved! too bad, no action being done for this problem.

i am experiencing the same problem. is there no other solution to this than to create a new account? my followers are like falling hair lmao. im so disappointed in twitter's service, seriously! they should have a chatroom to answer and accomodate our concerns. we keep on posting problems but so far not so good, only few are being resolved! too bad, no action being done for this problem.

I had the same problem. Then I went into the settings tab and corrected my time zone setting. For some reason, this has fixed the issue.

why so complicated??