Social:Tweetstorm
A tweetstorm is a series of related tweets posted by a Twitter user in quick succession.[1] The word tweetstorm has been used by Twitter users since 2008.[1] In the beginning, it referred not to a lot of tweets shared by one individual, but to a number of different individuals quickly tweeting about the same topic.[1] Often in these instances the tweets had a unifying hashtag.[1] The newer definition, and the one most typically used since its creation, was coined and popularized in 2014 by Marc Andreesen and Chris Dixon.[2][3]
When used by one person, tweetstorms are a way to work around Twitter’s character count limitation.[4] In 2017, Twitter announced the launch of a new feature that would allow people to more easily post tweetstorms.[4] The threads feature saw a new plus (+) button added to Twitter.[4] With it, people could type out a series of tweets and then tap “Tweet all” to share the tweetstorm.[4] Before this feature, tweetstorms were connected to each other as @replies.[5]
Tweetstorm was added to the Merriam-Webster dictionary in 2019.[1]
The word also influenced the creation of the word podstorm, a series of related podcast episodes published by a podcaster in quick succession.[6][7]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "What's a 'Tweetstorm'?" (in en). https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/tweeting-up-a-tweetstorm.
- ↑ "What Should We Make Of The 'Tweetstorm' Or 'Thread,' Or Whatever You Call It?" (in en). https://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2017/04/05/521835755/what-should-we-make-of-the-tweetstorm-or-thread-or-whatever-you-call-it.
- ↑ "Why Twitter's Newest Tweetstorm™ Trend Must Be Stopped" (in en). https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/charliewarzel/why-twitters-newest-tweetstormtm-trend-must-be-stopped.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 "Twitter officially launches ‘threads,’ a new feature for easily posting tweetstorms" (in en-US). https://social.techcrunch.com/2017/12/12/twitter-officially-launches-threads-a-new-feature-for-easily-writing-tweetstorms/.
- ↑ "For better or worse, Twitter is finally embracing the tweetstorm" (in en-US). 2017-12-12. https://www.fastcompany.com/40506267/for-better-or-worse-twitter-is-finally-embracing-the-tweetstorm.
- ↑ "Megan Macaluso Product Adoption is a Fool’s Errand | Helping Sells Podstorm #1". https://helpingsells.substack.com/p/188-megan-macaluso-product-adoption.
- ↑ "A Podstorm: A Powerful Idea For Podcasters & Podcast Listeners" (in en-US). https://lochhead.com/blog/a-podstorm-a-powerful-idea-for-podcasters-podcast-listeners/.
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