How to Use Twitter for Beginners
Twitter is a free social networking website like Facebook, Google Plus or LinkedIn. A social networking site is a place where people meet other people who share similar interests and activities to communicate or share information with them. Twitter's main difference is that it is also a micro-blogging service. It allows its users to send and receive updates composed of up to 140 characters known as Tweets. First of all here are a few terms which a beginner to Twitter should learn: Tweet: An update or post on Twitter Tweeting : The act of posting on Twitter Tweeter : A person who uses Twitter Retweet (RT) : A tweet that has been repeated Tweeps : Also known as Followers . These are the people who follow you and receive your updates on Twitter Others include Tweeple : People who use Twitter Twaffic : Twitter traffic consisting of tweets and retweets There are more words which are part of the Twitter vocabulary. You can find them at Twictionary.com,...