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Confused. How to: Twittering ? - Samana Cay - 10-08-2012 01:57 PM
My friend just made a Twitter account while I was at their house and we were having slight issues understanding some things.
What are all of the symbols and meanings behind Twitter?
For example:
What does the # sign mean? As in the popular "#fact"
- Spilt F - 10-08-2012 02:05 PM
It's Tweet.
#<channel name> is for joining channels.
@<name> sends a message to that user.
- Jeff P - 10-08-2012 02:05 PM
@Username sends a tweet to that person.
#someword is used to standardize common tweets, like #musicmonday, etc. They're used to spot current trends, easily identifying what is popular on Twitter at the moment.
- x_leen - 10-08-2012 02:05 PM
ahw, it's real simple, hun.
in your status or "tweet"
when you write @USERNAMEHERE ..
it messages the person.
# means your way of tagging it.
right now "#Fact" means you tage #fact and then write something true
of to your right panel with the options like
"@YOURUSERNAME"
if you click that button it will show you people who have written to or about you (:
hope i helped!
xo, Kat!