Giselle Lesson 5: Social Media Platforms

Question 1

Direct Message (DM)

Answer 1

a private Twitter message between people who follow each other.

Question 2

Retweet (RT)

Answer 2

sharing another user’s tweet with your followers; retweets are shared using the phrase “RT@username” or “Retweet@username”; the “at” symbol (@) is used to refer to Twitter users by their username.

Question 3

Snapchatter

Answer 3

users who create content on Snapchat; only view content that they want to see, and when they do view content they have to hold their finger down on the device to watch it in its entirety.

Question 4

Snaps

Answer 4

posts on Snapchat, can be a photo or short video and can be edited to add text, apply filters, stickers, and other overlays.

Question 5

Social Signals

Answer 5

people sharing your content or an increase in traffic to your Web site from social media platforms.

Question 6

Tweet

Answer 6

posts on Twitter that have a 280-character limit; users can read and post tweets and follow other users.