About Social Media

Folder: Social Media Terms Dictionary

Link in Bio

Definition
A phrase found on posts on social media platforms that restrict the reach of posts that have links.
Block List

Definition
A list of users, actions, words, or other things that are blocked.
TikTokfication

Definition
Process through which a social media platform becomes TikTok by introducing the ability to post tall, short videos on a feed.
Short Video

Definition
A tall video of short length recorded using a smartphone camera.
IRL

Definition
Stands for In Real Life, as opposed to on the Internet or in the computer.
User-Moderated

Definition
A forum where users can become moderators, as opposed to moderators always being part of the staff of the website.
Administrator

Definition
Someone who manages a computer or an online community.
Instance (on Decentralized Social Media)

Definition
An instance is typically the website you create your account with, which is built with a decentralized social media technology, such as Mastodon, Lemmy, or Peertube.
Threaded Comments

Definition
Comments that can be replied to in a social media website or comments section, allowing any comment to start a thread of comments in reply to it.
Fediverse

Definition
A massive social network made of smaller social networks that can communicate with each other.
Youtuber

Definition
Someone who uploads videos to Youtube, specially in a serious or professional manner, maintaining a channel with similar content following a niche to gain an audience of subscribers.
Moderator

Definition
Someone with powers to moderate the discussion in an online forum.
Tag

Definition
A piece of text that categorizes some data, be it an online post, a file, or even another piece of text.
Handle (on Social Media)

Definition
A text code like a username that uniquely identifies a user
Skeet

Definition
A post on Bluesky
Toot

Definition
A post on Mastodon.
Tweet

Definition
A post on Twitter.
NSFW

Definition
Stands for "Not Safe For Work."
Mention

Action available on social media websites in which you, usually, type an at character (@) followed by a handle (i.e. a username) of a user to mention them in a post, notifying them of the mention, and creating a link to their profile page in the post.
Dislike

An action available on Youtube, similar to a "downvote" on Reddit, in which an user clicks a thumbs down button on a Youtube video or comment to express their dislike for it.