TWITTER The mobile mouthpiece. Great, my brain hurts... No worries, here’s a quick reference for you. Tweet: A short message no bigger then 140 characters. Handle (or address or user name): Your Twitter name that has the “@” symbol in front Retweet (RT): Your exact message, shared by one of your followers to their followers. Modified Tweet (MT): Your message slightly changed by one of your followers to their followers. Hashtag (begins with a “#”): Topics that are searchable. Usually well-defined. People using a hashtag can tell you what they are, or you can go to tagdef.com and find out what a certain tag means.
So how does the conversation work? If you like, dislike, love, hate, question, or want contribute to a tweet, you “reply.” To reply to a tweet, hover over the tweet and click the “Reply” button. A message box containing the Twitter handle of the person you’re replying to will pop up. After you reply, your tweet will show up on that person’s newsfeed as a “mention.” All mentions can be found by clicking the “@ Connect” button at the top of the screen. A volley of tweets can go back and forth indefinitely, just like a real conversation!
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