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Facebook: A network of personal and
professional connections, known as “friends.”
Users share general comments, pictures, website
links and videos. Profiles can be open to the public
or permission­based.
■ Wall: A list of personal updates and direct
posts from friends.
■ News feed: A real­time list of updates from
friends and businesses.
■ Fan: Facebook users may become fans of
groups or businesses. Updates from
businesses appear in a fan’s news feed.
Twitter: A microblogging network limiting
comments to 140 characters. Users share news,
website links and images with other users who
subscribe, or “follow,” an account. Comments can
be open to the public or permission­based.
■ Tweet: To post a comment on Twitter.
■ Mention: Include the “@” sign followed by the
name of the user or business in a tweet.
Common Terms
In Social Media
■ Direct message: Allows two Twitter users to
communicate privately.
■ Retweet: To forward a tweet, users add
“RT @” followed by the originating Twitter
account name and the original tweet.
■ Hashtag: Twitter users group topics by adding
the character “#” before words others might
want to search for.
LinkedIn: A professional network of
connections, known as “links.” Serves as an online
resume and referral service, and allows users to
share presentations and documents with peers.
YouTube, Vimeo: Video hosting and streaming
services offering branded “channels” or pages for
collections of videos. Users may embed videos
from both services onto other websites.
Flickr, Photobucket, Smugmug: Multimedia
hosting and sharing services for pictures.
—Source: NRECA’s Megan McKoy­Noe
OCTOBER 2011 19