Tips on microblogging

Web Resources

Twitter for Android As with most social media technologies, the best way to learn is to use the technology and observe what others are doing. If you're looking for a few more guidelines here are a few resources which provide useful tips on microblogging: 13 Twitter Tips and Tutorials for Beginners Twitter tips for beginners 20 Twitter Tips for Beginners and Pros Safety tips for teachers

Useful abbreviations

As microblog posts are limited to approximately 140 characters, a new vocabulary with its own shorthand and abbreviations has emerged to conserve characters. You may be familiar with some of these abbreviations from text messaging.

Abbreviation	Meaning
@	Used in conjunction with @username to post a public reply to a user's micropost
#	Prefix used for a hashtag, eg. #OERu (OER university)
AFAIK	As far as I know
b/c	because
BTW	By the way
BRB	Be right back
CX	Correction
DM	Direct message (usually a request to use the direct message feature which only you and the recipient can see)
EM	email
FB	Face book
FTF	Face to face
G2G	Got to go
Gr8	Great
ICYMI	In case you missed it
IMHO	In my humble/honest opinion
LMK	Let me know
LOL	Laughing out loud
MT	Modified tweet used in conjunction with @username of the original tweet
PRT	Partial re-tweet used in conjunction with @username of the original tweet or Please re-tweet
RT	Re-tweet
RTHX	Thanks for re-tweet used in conjunction with @username who re-tweeted
SMH	Shaking my head
TY	Thank you
TWB	Tweet me back in relation to question or request
YT	YouTube