As a continuous trying to understand Twitter to reach the perfect use to promote our works. All know that Twitter has its own communication terminology. It is essential to understand what each term means in order to use Twitter properly.
As mentioned in previous articles, you will notice that while creating your account, Twitter relies on a system of following and being followed by other Twitterers. If you followed Twitter’s recommendations, you should be following at least ten profiles. When you are on the website’s main page, you can read the latest news shared by the people you follow. The latest Tweets appear on the top of the page. If you click on the silhouette on top of the page, you can track your records and see how many Tweets you posted, how many people you follow and how many people follow you. This is also where you can later on edit your profile.
The more people you follow, the more information and updates will be displayed on your home page. If you feel like your home feed is being cluttered with too much information or that some followers are irrelevant to you, you always have the option to unfollow them. The moment you start following a user, they receive a notification email (as shown below) with the details you have entered about your account. A nice profile picture and a well-written biography are essential to retain the attention of those you are following and hopefully get them to follow you in return. A large number of followers is also a determining factor – the more followers, the more influential you appear.
2 -Hashtag - # .
Hashtags are basically used to flag the topic of the post. It is so to speak the word tags that will make your input findable when the word is searched for. To make it work, you need to type your keyword right after the hashtag, e.g. #EarningPalace. Note that even multiple words must be typed without spacing, such as #EnglishLanguage or #EarningPalace. You can use any hashtag you like and even create your own ones.
Thus all participants could keep track of what had been posted on Twitter and stay up to date.
3 - ReTweet - RT.
ReTweet means sharing a Tweet that was posted by another user to make it visible to your own followers. To do so, click on the ReTweet icon above the Tweet you would like to share or manually enter a new update starting with “RT” and @+the name of the original poster. While being seemingly more tedious, the latter method is actually recommended. By doing so, you notify the original Twitterer of your sharing. Showing interest for its input improves your relationship. Moreover, you can participate to the topic instead of merely spreading the information.
4 - @ – at
The sign @ is used to address a user. It needs to be typed right before the user’s name, e.g. @Earningpalace. This will notify the recipient that you’re writing to or about him. This is an essential code to know to interact with other Twitterers.
5 - Direct messages & public messages.
You can send two types of messages on Twitter. You already know public messages, also referred to as posts or Tweets. These can be seen by anyone on Twitter and will appear on the walls of your followers. To write one of these, click on the blue icon (1) on the top of the screen on your homepage and start typing (2). When you are done, simply click on the “Tweet” button (3) below and your message is published.
If you would rather send a direct message (DM) to a specific user, click on the silhouette (1), and choose “Direct messages”, and then “New message”. Insert the name of the recipient in the top bar (2) and type your message in the field below (3). Like public messages, you are limited to 140 characters. Send your message by clicking “Send message” (4). Note that you can only send direct messages when both users are following each other. This prevents users from getting spam messages via DMs.
The Above are most concepts and meaning of Twitter slang, Hope you get benefit of it.
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