Twitter Glossary

Our quick guide to some key terminology used in relation to Twitter, we hope you find it useful:

Followers – twitter users who are signed up to read your tweets
Tweets – 140 character messages you post on your twitter account (these can include links)
Re-Tweet – when you post again something someone else has tweeted already - shows in a tweet as "RT"
Hash tags – the # sign is used to prefix certain topics eg #xmas, or #generalelection. This is useful if you’re part of a group discussing a certain topic, and it makes events easier to follow via Twitter Search
@Reply – a tweet sent direct to another twitter user, for when you’re having a 1 to 1 conversation

See our guide to Setting up Twitter or our guide to Twitter Marketing