We all know that there is a new language to learn when talking about Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Pinterest. This includes sharing something to your wall, accepting friendship requests, or liking someone's posts.
Please watch the following Esurance commercial:
This commercial is having fun with different social media terms and if you felt you didn't understand the commercial that's fine. Below are some vocabulary words to help you review. If you feel comfortable with Social Media vocabulary and terms you may move on to Section 4.
LIST OF VOCABULARY WORDS:
COMMENT:
Something you or a follower can leave on someone's posts is a comment. Below is an add by Ray Ban. Please notice the red box at the bottom highlighting where you would click to leave a comment. You might leave a comment saying something along the lines of "I would love to have these sunglasses."
FACEBOOK:
Facebook is a networking service hosted online that allows users to connect with friends, groups, business, and more. It also allows users to share their thoughts, pictures, and information about themselves for others to see.
FRIENDS:
Individuals that you have accepted and have mutually agreed to be friends with on Facebook. As friends you can see each others accounts and their updates.
FOLLOWERS:
Individual who are friends with you or individuals that have "liked" a company, group, or personal page are followers. For example you might like Roger Federrer on Facebook, and therefore you are "following" him. Below you can how many people follow Roger, along with which friends of mine like him.
HASHTAG:
A word or combination of words that beginning with a number sign "#". The number sign is referred to has a hashtag. Hashtags can be searched on Twitter and Facebook such as the example from CNN below. If you happened to be watching this story, you might want to tweet about it and would attached the hashtag "#Crossfire".
LIKE:
Marking that you like something can be done my clicking on the thumbs up icon or the like tab. You can find this icon on individuals pictures or comments, company or group pages, and just about anything. The point is to click on the like button if you like it. Below you see a picture posted on McDonald's Facebook page. At the bottom are two red boxes showing the like tab and the thumbs up button.
MEME:
A meme is an image that is usually meant to inspire or to cause laughter. Individuals or companies share meme's that are then "shared" by others which passes the meme along. There is an example below of a Pinterest Meme.
NEWSFEED:
After signing into Facebook the first page will be the newsfeed. The newsfeed is where you can find all your friends' comments and posts from the companies, groups, and individuals you have liked.
POST:
When you make a comment, post a picture, or share someone else's comment you are making a post.
SHARING:
If you really like something you see on Facebook, there is an option for you to share it. By sharing a post, it is like you are copying and pasting it to your own wall. Below is a video that Jimmy Fallon posted on his wall. You will see the red box at the bottom that allows followers to share the video on their own Facebook page. You might even view this video on Jimmy Fallon's webpage or on YouTube, which also give you an option to share the video to your Facebook page.
TAG:
Individuals can be tagged in photos and comments posted to Facebook. Below the Hallmark Channel tagged two actors starring in an upcoming movie. If you were to go to these individuals pages, you would also be able to see this post.
TRAFFIC:
Traffic is the amount of people that visit a site. The more people that visit your page, the more traffic you have coming to your page.
TRENDING:
Popular words, topics, ideas, or phrases used on social media.
TIMELINE:
A timeline is an individual person, group, or company's page. The time line shows the different comments, photos, and shares made by an individual.
WALL:
A wall is an individual person, group, or company's page, the same thing as a timeline. The wall shows the different comments, photos, and shares made by an individual and can also be referred to as an individuals timeline.
VIRAL:
Anything that is shared and spread through social media quickly and gains a lot of traffic.
Do you feel you know better understand the social media language and how social media works? If so please move on to Section 4. If you want more help in understanding social media terms please see the following link:
Social Media A-Z
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