How To Use Twitter, Tip #2 – Understanding Twitter Lingo |
Ok ladies and gentlemen...It's time for a crash course into Twitter lingo. Whenever your become part of a "community" it's very important to understand the language that is used by the members of the community. The terms listed below will be the ones you primarily use in your day-to-day twitter activities.
@username - This shows that you are replying or directing a message to that specific person on Twitter. You'll use this one the most. People love personal interaction and doing this often will help you stand out in the minds of others!
RT @username - When you really like a Tweet you may want to send it to your followers as well, so you RT (Re-Tweet) and then give the originator of the tweet the credit that they rightfully deserve. So...when you see a tweet that someone else posted (that you like) then simple use the following protocol. "RT @username (the tweet they posted)"
#topic - The pound sign indicates what is known as a hashtag. It's used to follow a group of people on a specific topic via keyword, such as a news item, local event (such as a seminar), or like interests. The most popular example of this is #followfriday This is where you tell your followers about people you really enjoy following. Be sure to check out #followfriday as you'll be sure to meet some wonderful people!
DM - This is a "Direct Message" to a person. No one else can read this except you and the person you DM'd. Think of it like sending a personal e-mail to and individual. Use DM's when you don’t want anyone else in the twitter community (except the person you're talking to) to be included in the conversation
Tinyurl.com or Bit.ly - These are URL converters from long URLs to short ones. Let's pretend that you want tell other tweeters about your website, but the url is something really long like: http://www.ReallyLongUrl.com. You can use Tinyurl.com and bit.ly to shorten the url you're promoting so that you can stay within the 140 character limit that twitter requires. These 2 free services will be your best friends with regard to promoting other websites. I personally suggest using bit.ly because you can track clicks.
Tweetup - This is when local people meet in one place and Twitter the event. This is a way of meeting other Twitters face to face and also combining Tweeple forces. If you want to be well respected in the twitter community, I suggest finding other people local to your area and doing a tweet up
Tweeple - Just another word for Twitter members.
Twitterholic - Someone who's addicted to Twitter. This could be you.
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