How to Support Iranians on Twitter with a Green Avatar
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Why is everyone on Twitter using green avatars?
Twitter users are utilizing green avatars to show support for Iranians fighting against the alleged election fraud in their country. By showing support this way, it allows anyone stumbling upon Twitter to see how the international community has come to rally behind their friends in Iran. Since green has become the color of the revolution, there are two simple ways to show your support by changing your avatar on Twitter.
How to get a green avatar
The two ways to get a green avatar are simple: You can utilize an application by Arik Fraimovich or you can do it yourself. If you do it yourself, you simply want to add a green overlay to your avatar in image editing program, such as Paint Shop Pro or Photoshop. Once you have the overlay the shade of green you want, save it and reupload it to Twitter. You can swap it out as you like as you find a new picture you want to use once changed to green.
If you want to get a green avatar the easy way, you want to visit Fraimovich's web site. Once there, you want to click one of the two links entitle "click here to add green overlay," enter in your Twitter information and his web site does the work for you. It is just like using any other third party Twitter application that now maintains access to your account. Before you do this, ensure your Twitter password is not associated with any other password you use to keep other accounts safe in the event of a breach.
What to do instead of a green avatar
If you do not want to go to the trouble to make your avatar green, you can support Iranians by using one of the many avatar that have popped up around Twitter and the Internet. Simply save it to your desktop, upload it to your Twitter account and you can show your support this way. Make sure while you are it, you change your time zone to +3:30 and your location to either Tehran or Iran. This, too, helps Iranians stay safe while updating everyone on the situation in their country.
Iran in the News
- Erdogan Urges Iran Diplomacy, Not Sanctions to End Nuclear SpatBloomberg16 hours ago
Dec. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said diplomacy rather than economic sanctions should be pursued to resolve the nuclear standoff with Iran.
- Iran: U.N. station near border is for spyingMSNBC18 hours ago
Iran claims that a U.N. station to detect nuclear explosions is set up near the border so that world powers could spy on the country, the latest accusation from Tehran.
- Iran Says it Will Strike Israel's Nuclear Sites if AttackedFox News18 hours ago
Lebanon's Al Manar TV says Iran's defense minister has warned that his country will strike Israel's nuclear sites if the Jewish state attacks Iranian nuclear facilities.
- Iran still violates rights, group chargesUPI18 hours ago
TEHRAN, Dec. 9 (UPI) -- Human rights violations in Iran in the wake of the country's disputed presidential election are some of the worst in 20 years, a human rights group charges.
- Iran's Revolutionary Guard tightens gripThe Christian Science Monitor23 hours ago
In post-election crackdown, Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps has taken a new leading role by tightening its control over levers of state power and stifling dissent.
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