The landscape of Twitter explained.

1. Tweet

A Tweet is a message posted on Twitter, consisting of 140 characters or less. It can contain text, photos, links and videos. When you include any of these things they are be counted as a link and automatically take up to 22 characters.

2. Reply

Click ‘reply’ to respond to a Tweet. This is a great way to build relationships with your followers and join in conversations.

3.Retweet

A Retweet is where you choose to take a Tweet from someone else and Tweet it to your own followers. You can do this with the Retweet button or you can add your own message and include the letters “RT” ahead of the content that you are Retweeting.

4. Favourite

Favouriting is a great way of acknowledging or showing your appreciation for that particular Tweet. It can also be useful to use as a bookmarking tool if you want to easily find a Tweet again.

5. Hashtag

A hashtag is any word, or phrase without spaces, beginning with the # symbol. People use hashtags to organize conversations and make it easier to find all content related to a given topic. Click on a hashtag to go directly to the search results for that term.

6. Mention

Bring a Tweet to another person’s attention by including their @username in your message. You could use it to ask someone a question, to thank them or simply to highlight a piece of content.

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