Twitter glossary

Here are the tweet components and how you use them.




Avatar.
Click to view user archive and profile. Click on avatar on user archive to see a larger picture (when available).




Username.
Click to view user archive and profile.




Tweet content. Link (optional). Click to view link in a separate window. Might show the whole link, a truncated web address, or a shortened web address.




Tweet time and status. Provides exact (after 48 hours) or relative tweet time (less than 48 hours). Click to view the single tweet (identified by its status).




Application. Program used to create this tweet. Options include: web (Twitter.com), txt (from text message), or application name (Twhirl, Tweetdeck, etc). Click on application name to visit the application website.




Original (with some @replies). Provides a link (“in reply to username”) to an original tweet. Used with @replies created by clicking the reply (back arrow) only. These items appear when you hover the cursor over the tweet:




Favorite (star). Click to add to your list of favorites. Yellow means it is marked as a favorite.




Delete (trash can). Click to delete this tweet. Only available for your own tweets. Removes the tweet from Twitter completely.




Reply (back arrow). Click to create a reply to this tweet.