Social Media vocabulary

A sentence that a person writes publicly on Facebook, not a response to a different person.

• clickbait

• a handle

• a status update

• a hashtag

An eye-catching or shocking headline/ photo/video with the objective of attracting people to click on a link.

• a thread

• a like

• a browser

• a clickbait

To transfer data from a computer to a server

• to upload

• to tweet

• to post

• to send

Usually the initial page that you see on a social network, showing you videos, photos, etc from the people who you follow

An action in which a person reacts to an item on social media by clicking an icon to show that they like this item.

A person’s name on Twitter, which comes after an @ sign (e.g. @chelseaclinton). Using this allows you to publicly mention a person.

• a status update

• a handle

• a hashtag

• a like

A sequence of comments which appear below an initial comment or post. These comments are reactions to the initial post.

• a newsfeed

• a handle

• a hashtag

• a thread

Websites and apps which people use to share messages, ideas, videos, etc as part of an online community.

Small bits of feedback left by the visitors of a site

Views of videos that become very popular especially thanks to social networking sites.