Twitter Glossary – 15 Common Twitter Terms Explained
Here are some common Twitter Terms that you might find helpful.
Tweet: A post made on Twitter by a user.
ReTweet or RT: Reposting something that has already been posted on the Twitter stream. RT usually precedes the original poster to give credit. E.g. RT @problogger New at ProBlogger: How to Blog: Choose a Niche for Your Blog [Why Niches are Important] http://goo.gl/fb/HAhq
DM: This is a Direct Message sent to a twitter user. One has to follow you in order to DM them. DMs don’t appear in the public twitter stream but go directly to the receiver’s inbox.
Via: This can sometimes be used in place of RT. E.g. What are some of the good alternatives to PayPal? via @stoneatwine
Follow: If someone’s tweets appear in your stream then you are following them.
Follower: Someone who is reading your tweets
Unfollow or De-Friend: This is when someone stops reading your tweets.
@ Reply: The @ symbol is used to reply to a twitter user. E.g. @StoneAtwine @normzo Orange Uganda is a very new entrant into that market & best of class, so they’re able to screw us over. #nocompetition
# (Hashtag):A hash symbol is used to comment about a certain topic in a tweet so that people searching for it can easily find it. Searching for #iran will give you all the tweets that contain news about Iran
Twitterer/Tweeter: Someone who uses Twitter
Tweeple: People who use Twitter
Tweeps: Twitter friends that one is constantly in touch with. Think about ‘Peeps’
Twitterati: A-list Twitter users or Twitter élite. These usually have a big number of followers and are somewhat famous and influential in Twitter circles. These include people like @chrisbrogan, @Scobleizer, @GuyKawasaki, @mashable, @aplusk and @tmsruge (upon request in comments below).
Twittosphere: The collective group of people who tweet.
Link: Including a URL in your tweet.
Feel free to add some common twitter terms that I might have left out in the comments.
Thanks Stone for keeping on educating the masses.
I like this.
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A twoosh – A tweet that is exactly 140 characters long.
Thanks Tom.
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MT: Modified tweet. I find myself editing down RTs so that I can include brief comments.
This is quiet helpful,I always see all these symbols and I used to wander what they stand for. Now I know.
Thanks a lot.
Thx !!
If this was on FaceBook, I would have clicked on the LIKE button
Thanks for stopping by. I have been away from this whole blogging thing for a few months but I’ll definitely take it on again. I promise.
Haha. You can ‘like’ by coming back. Thank you.
Hello,
Good article. Moreover, I go the retweet
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What? I am not part of the Twitteratti? Pfffft! @aplusk ain’t got nothing on me!
Reread post and go retweet. That’s the condition.
twibes twitter groups http://www.twibes.com/
wat do u call the term for people with million followers please!!!!