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
If you would like to learn more about Twitter and social media marketing then please visit our social marketing blog
