It would seem that it can be difficult to define the phrase “tweet on Twitter,” for most modern people this concept has long been understood and studied. But not all network users use the Twitter network. This article has been written for them and for a small list of misguided individuals.
General information
Tweeting on Twitter is about the same as posting on a Facebook, Odnoklassniki, Vkontakte, or any other social network account. By clicking the “Twitt” button, you publish the material on your web page. It would seem that everything is clear, but here the breadth of the Russian language and the limited possibilities of translating the Russian localization of the project come into play. What does it mean to tweet on Twitter - write something on your own behalf, express a short thought for subscribers, fitting it into 140 characters.
Many people confuse this concept with retweets. Retweet - share someone’s interesting blog post on your page, similar to the “share” button on other social networks. Since the words TWEET and RETWEET have a similar pronunciation, most users do not see the difference when they read the next news that a famous person tweeted on his microblog. Perhaps he simply shared someone’s statement, not attributing authorship to himself, but the journalistic brotherhood is not out of great mind (or purposefully) posting information about the direct participation of a person in the appearance of the message.
Localization problems
The problem, most likely, lies in poor-quality localization of the application. Although the opinion is not obvious and disputed. What does tweet really mean? This is known only to native speakers and people responsible for the localization of the product. Their goal was clearly to qualitatively translate the entire textual component of the project, while preserving the concept and specific vocabulary coined by Twitter. It is embarrassing that, reading news feeds, under each post there are a number of buttons with the ability to share a post on a social network. And if the Facebook, Vkontakte, Odnoklassniki badges are understandable and simple for the Russian population, then the tweet button clearly introduces an imbalance. After all, as we figured out above with the concept of tweet - what does it mean to write our own opinion about the event, and not just share an interesting article, people confuse this concept.
The concepts of "Twitter", "retweeting" have long been on Wikipedia, however, this respected resource also bypasses the inconsistency of the translation with direct action. As everything is written in the same WIKI, “Twitter” is a user messaging system with the ability to leave entries no longer than 140 characters through a web interface or SMS messages. On third-party resources you can find information about the concept of tweet, what it means and how to use this word correctly, but you can trust them at your own peril and risk.
Everyone decides for himself
You still do not use anything other than "Classmates"? Then where did the question appear in your head: “Tweet, what does this mean?”. Most likely, the time has come to register on our own social network and clarify what is happening on our own experience.
The question regarding the accuracy of the wording “tweet”, what this means, has not been fully disclosed. There is an assumption that this interpretation of the documented functions of this social network will be considered for a very long time.