Comments on: Glossary of Twitter Terminology

By: Twitter Basics with Kevin Spacey « Beyond the Rhetoric

Twitter Basics with Kevin Spacey « Beyond the Rhetoric — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 18:44:37 +0000

[...] platform, you may become somewhat overwhelmed by how the system works. You may not be familiar with Twitter terminology and you may not completely understand the value of using Twitter to connect with others. [...]

By: Why I Don’t Follow You Back on Twitter « Beyond the Rhetoric

Why I Don’t Follow You Back on Twitter « Beyond the Rhetoric — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 18:01:01 +0000

[...] goes back to people who use Twitter as a spamming tool. As I explained in my glossary of Twitter terminology, the following-follower ratio is an important indicator of social proof. If you are following [...]

By: Best Practices for Jargon and Lingo « Beyond the Rhetoric

Best Practices for Jargon and Lingo « Beyond the Rhetoric — Thu, 21 May 2009 18:23:46 +0000

[...] you could explain or define any uncommon term as you use it. This may be appropriate for describing Twitter terminology if your blog is not well-ensconced in the world of social [...]

By: A Blog Is Not a Single Post « Beyond the Rhetoric

A Blog Is Not a Single Post « Beyond the Rhetoric — Thu, 07 May 2009 18:56:06 +0000

[...] working toward having one million tweets. A follower is not a tweet. If this newspaper had read my glossary of Twitter terminology, they would know the difference between a follower and a [...]

By: Dyl

Dyl — Sun, 03 May 2009 16:17:07 +0000

I came across the term “spitter” in a tweet today from someone I follow, for a “spammer on twitter” apparently.

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By: Tweet Your Way To Success | Betshopboy.net

Tweet Your Way To Success | Betshopboy.net — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 14:38:02 +0000

[...] Twitter in plain English, not in geek speak. Additionally, make sure you equip yourself with some Twitter Terminology in order to stay on top of all the jargon and [...]

By: Ray Ebersole

Ray Ebersole — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 03:44:15 +0000

Here is a perfect example of a spammer that started following me tonight:

http://twitter.com/HowToUse

following 792 followers 45 Updates 3

By: Damien Riley

Damien Riley — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 03:34:17 +0000

Ping.fm integrates with all social networks making your “tweets” go across many social platforms with one click.

By: betshopboy

betshopboy — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 01:11:15 +0000

Another useful Twitter convention I would like to point out is hashtag.

Hashtags are a community-driven convention for adding additional context and metadata to your tweets. They’re like tags on Flickr, only added inline to your post.

You create a hashtag simply by prefixing a word with a hash symbol: #hashtag, #dotcompho, #oscars etc.