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What is Twitter? 7 things you should know about twitter (educause) Twitter Shorthand
Tweet- Short posts that answer the question "what are you doing?" in 140 characters or less. Retweet/Via (RT or via)- The indication at the beginning or end of a tweet that is using text of someone's head. Basically being cited by other tweeters. Some use via when original texts of tweets are altered. Hashtags (#) - Tagging individual tweets so they show up in a "stream" ex. #COMM200 or #Educause2010
@ replies/ mentions - when you send a message directed to a particular users. Usually a reply to a tweet or if you want to send something to the "attention" of other twitter users.
Direct Message(DM) a private message that does not appear in a twitter timeline
Twitter Lists - A new feature that has not been launched to all users yet. allows you to organizer people you follow in particular lists. Some third party products already have this feature (brizzly and tweetdeck) |