In the world of social media, the life of common people lies in. WhatsApp, Instagram, Meta, and Twitter are the most common platforms of social media where people get global exposure of their lives.
The use of social media has influenced people for their personal use and career building.
Twitter vs Tweet
The difference between Twitter and Tweet is that Twitter is an application that comes under social media as a service that is used by people whereas a Tweet is a message that is sent over Twitter that lets people interact in Twitter. Twitter is used by people whereas Tweets are done by people.
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Twitter is a social-networking site used as an application by people which serves the act of people showering their thoughts and broadcasting them over the platform.
It is used by friends, family, and known people for communication and the exchange of frequent messages. Twitter uses a profile for interaction purposes.
A Tweet is a frequent and quick message or notification sent by a Twitter profile to its followers which may contain photos, videos, links, or texts which are searchable on Twitter and visible to all the followers of the account.
The text has a limitation of 140 characters.
Comparison Table
| Parameters of Comparison | Tweet | |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Twitter is a social networking platform used by people to interact with their known ones. | A Tweet is a message in the form of media, link, or text that is sent on Twitter for interaction. |
| Presence | Twitter is generally present in the home tabs of mobile phones, desktops, etc. | The tweet is presented to a Twitter account’s follower in the home timeline of that Twitter profile. |
| Visibility | Anyone on Twitter can access anyone’s profile structure whether public or private by creating an account. | A Tweet is either private or public that is linked to a Twitter profile and allows restrictions. |
| Ownership | Twitter is owned by Twitter and Square Inc. as a public application in social media usage. | According to Twitter, Tweets are owned by respective users of the app with control. |
| Deletion | Twitter app or an account can be deleted which also deletes all the Tweets and data linked with it. | Whenever a Tweet is deleted, only the data linked with that Tweet is deleted and no other Tweets are disturbed. |
What is Twitter?
Twitter is a social media platform that allows users to interact with their loved ones and known ones. It is used publicly on a global scale for entertainment, personal use, and interaction with celebrities and common users.
Twitter, which went public in 2013 is owned under Twitter and Square Inc. Twitter has now become a mass communication company and holds a lot of records worldwide.
Major Twitter shares are held by many reputed companies in the world. A Twitter user has an account on the app. This account is made by sharing the information that the user holds.
This information includes the name, age, profession, category, class, etc of the user. Once the Twitter account is built, it is free to add followers and more data linked with it.
Twitter is now used by almost all the celebrities in the world and their accounts are verified with a badge for official confirmation.
Twitter allows users to make posts about different things. These include tweets, microblogs, and media. Besides these, it has also become a political hub where big politicians address and manipulate people.
Some of them often go viral. Some negative aspects also include cyberbullying and fake accounts on the app.
What is a Tweet?
On Twitter, people make tweets to express their statements and to express themselves. These tweets are short messages and frequent statements that are seen by the followers of a profile. A Tweet has several aspects.
They may include GIFs, media files, texts, statements, and announcements.
These tweets are made with several options. These options include a like button and retweets that come under a tweet. A retweet is a re-posting of a tweet. It is the tweets that go viral on Twitter.
For getting more fame, people usually do controversial tweets and make their profile public so that a lot of users reach for that tweet.
Tweets include hashtags for more traffic. Hashtags are general terms used on a social media site that can attract more traffic by generating all the posts made with that term in the form of a hashtag in a sorted manner.
For a Tweet to do good on Twitter, it is made with goals, voice, a proper tone with structure, URLs, proper timing, and the use of hashtags. Tweets also have a controversial background.
A very demanding and requested feature in tweets is the edit button. Deletion can happen but the edit button is missing.
Main Differences Between Twitter and Tweet
- Twitter is an application or a sire or a social media platform whereas Tweet is just an element in Twitter as its service.
- Twitter can have an endless number of accounts which may be public or private but a Tweet is made with only 140 characters or 1-4 media types.
- Twitter is used by all as a public application but a Tweet has varieties that come with a purpose of tweeting.
- Twitter has the use of the ‘#’ symbol which describes hashtags used to refer to something whereas Tweets have both ‘#’ and ‘@’ ( For referring to a profile).
- Twitter allows changes in a profile whereas Tweets don’t allow editing after posting.
References
- https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/ps-political-science-and-politics/article/twitter-style-an-analysis-of-how-house-candidates-used-twitter-in-their-2012-campaigns/2975E5DB5DC41AE4F4977264DDDFE649
- http://eprints.lincoln.ac.uk/11274
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Sandeep Bhandari holds a Bachelor of Engineering in Computers from Thapar University (2006). He has 20 years of experience in the technology field. He has a keen interest in various technical fields, including database systems, computer networks, and programming. You can read more about him on his bio page.
