Twitter language and other power-user tips

Pt. 10 of 10 | 1:58 |

Get Twittering - Twitter for Beginners

Friday December 12, 2008

Power-users in the Twitter community use special language and symbols in their updates. This language allows these power-users to alert a fellow Twitterer that you're addressing them specifically, repost a tweet, let people know something you overheard and more. Our video will demonstrate some of the Twitter language. You can also use the help section of the Twitter page to find out more about Twitter language.

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- Retweet, or RT, in a tweet mean that someone is reposting a message that someone else sent but that is being reposted.

- Typing d followed by a Twitterer's user name sends a direct message to that person. You'll see the usual "What are you doing now?" tagline replaced with "Direct Message."

- Clicking on the reply arrow beside a tweet will automatically populate the tweet field with @ and their user name. This alerts the person to the fact that you're addressing him or her directly.

- OH: preceding a post is accepted to mean that you're letting people know something funny or interesting that you overheard and not posting an original thought.

- "Hash tags" are keywords preceded with the # symbol.

- Click on Help in the top-right of the Twitter page for more Twitter tips.

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