Twictionary of Twitter Terms - Part 1
We hear them all the time, terms and slang being bandied about, and many people just nod and smile vacantly, while wondering quietly to themselves “What the Tweet did THAT mean?”
The first in a series of Twictionary tweets aims to shed some light on some of the terms you’ll hear and read about Twitter.
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BARACK OBAMA: Probably the world’s most famous Twitterer.
FOLLOW: Choosing to sign up to receive someone’s Tweets.
FOLLOW+USER NAME: The instruction to keep up with a user’s flow of Twitter messages
FOLLOWERS: People who follow your updates.
GEOTWITTER: Tracks the geographical location of the most recent Tweets.
This service is updated every minute.
GET+USER NAME: A command that retrieves the most recent updated Tweet from that user.
JACK DORSEY: Widely acknowledged as the inventor of Twitter.
JAIKU: A competitor of Twitter, currently owned by Google.
LOUDTWITTER: Automatically transfer your Tweets directly to your blog.
MICRO-BLOG: A tiny way to blog. (Twitter only allows 140 characters)
MISTWEET: A message or ‘Tweet’ that was sent in error.
NUDGE+USER NAME: A Twitter command used to remind a Friend to update their Twitter status
OBVIOUS: The American company based in California that created Twitter.
POLITWEETS: A tool for tracking Tweets relating to politics
QUOTABLY: Follow the Tweets of a particular user in a threaded style
ReTWEETme: Use Twitter to remind yourself of things you might forget. When the time comes, Twitter will message you the reminder.
RUBY ON RAILS: The programming language used to create and develop Twitter.
SUMMIZE: A tool for searching the content of hundreds of thousands of Tweets.
Part 2 tomorrow!
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