Quote by Shylass
What the fudge is an @ connect, please? And what are the hashtag thingies?
Don't worry if you can't explain it clearly, I wouldn't understand even if you did!
When you log in to twitter look at the top left of the page, next to where it says home is @connect, click on it and it'll show you your interactions. You can see every time you've been mentioned in a tweet, this is a great way to keep track of conversation you're having with people through the tweets (you might not have any yet).
The hashtags are used to mark a keyword or words in a tweet. If you click on something like #fail you'll see all the other people who have used the same hashtag.
Have a look on the twitter help page (I loaded it to be able to type something coherent - it's past my bedtime), there's lots of helpful information there, it should answer most of your questions
