We study the concept of "tweet". What does it mean

It would seem that it can be difficult to define the phrase "tweet on Twitter", for most modern people this concept has long been understood and studied. But not all users of the network use the Twitter network. For them and for a small list of misguided personalities, this article is written.

General information

Tweeting in Twitter is roughly the same as putting a post on Facebook, Odnoklassniki, Vkontakte or any other social network under your account. By pressing the "Twitt" button, you publish the material on your web page. It would seem that everything is clear, but here the breadth of the Russian language and the limited possibilities of translating the Russian localization of the project come into play. What does it mean to tweet in "Twitter" - write something on your own, express a short thought for subscribers, putting it in 140 characters.

Many people confuse this concept with retweet. Retweet - share someone's interesting blog entry on your page, similar to the "share" button on other social networks. Since the words TITIT and RETVIT have a similar pronunciation, most users do not see the difference when they read the next news that a famous person made a tweet in his microblog. Perhaps he just shared someone's statement, not attributing himself to authorship, but the journalistic brotherhood does not from a great mind (or purposefully) spread information about the direct participation of a person in the appearance of a message.

Localization problems

The problem, most likely, lies in poor-quality localization of the application. Although the opinion is not obvious and contested. What does tweet really mean? It is known only to native speakers and people responsible for the localization of the product. They clearly had the goal of qualitatively translating the entire text component of the project, while retaining the concept invented by Twitter and specific vocabulary. Confused by the fact that, reading news feeds, under each post there is a row of buttons with the opportunity to share a record in a social network. And if the badges of Facebook, Vkontakte, Odnoklassniki are understandable and simple for the Russian population, then the "tweet" button clearly introduces an imbalance. After all, how we figured out the above with the notion of tweeting - what does it mean to write your own opinion about the event, and not just to share an interesting article, people are confusing this concept.

The concept of "Twitter", "retweet" has long been on Wikipedia, but this respectable resource bypasses the inconsistency of the translation with immediate effect. As written all in the same WIKI, "Twitter" is a system for exchanging user messages with the ability to leave records, no longer than 140 characters via the web interface or SMS messages. On third-party resources you can find information about the concept of tweeting what it means and how to correctly use this word, but you can trust them at your own peril and risk.

Everyone decides for himself

You still do not use anything other than "Classmates"? Then where did the question come from your head: "Tweet, what does this mean?" Most likely, it's time to register yourself in this social network and clarify what is happening on your own experience.

The question of the exactness of the wording "tweet", what this means, is not fully disclosed. There is an assumption that this interpretation of the documented functions of this social network will be considered for a very long time.