simplifying web 2.0 terms
December 07, 2009
Notice that none of these behaviors are new to 2.0
The only difference in digital, it's faster, simpler and therefor bigger. And when things grow quickly, they change. But let's be real. We're really not that different, we just do it differently.Viral - peer sharing
Personal Brand - reputation
Meme - rumor
Hashtag - conversational reference point (how many times in the 80s did you quote Marty McFly? Now it's #mcfly)
Tweet - talk
Blog - make a statement
Trackback - send a letter to the editor
Poke - tap someone on the sholder
Embed - to share someone elses thoughts (think funny tshirt, bumper sticker etc)
Comment - comment on someone elses statement
Friend - to join with someone else
Connect - connect with someone else
Fan - to affiliate oneself publicly
Wiki - the table at a group meeting
Aggregator - subscription