Folder: Social Media Terms Dictionary

To remove a follower on Twitter by blocking and then unblocking them.

A program that performs some action that would normally be performed by a human, specially on the Internet.

What is a comment or reply thread on social media, and a program thread being processed by the CPU.

What are comments on social media and in programming.

To subscribe to receive notifications when that user posts a new post.

A user in a social media website that "follows" another user, meaning they receive notifications through their feed when the followed user posts a new post.

Profile picture, i.e. avatar: the small image that appears next to your display name in your posts and profile page on social media.

Short text description that appears on an user's profile page that is written by that user that serves as a way for the user to introduce themselves to others. It's also called "profile description."

Blocking stops all interaction, muting only prevents you from seeing their posts.

A list of posts that isn't static, that can be updated to display new posts according to some criteria and sorting algorithm, e.g. latest posts, best posts this week, etc.

Piece of arbitrary text that is shown (displayed) as your name on social media websites, i.e. as the name of your profile.