1. Conventions of twitter
Conventions of twitter are:
 It is a very well known social networking site. With over 100 million active users
every month.
 Tweet. Just to post a message or status to twitter timeline. Also a form of expression
of thoughts and opinions.
 Has a 140 Character tweet limit. People are used to shortened words and phrases.
Such as and = &, you = u, to = 2 and etcetera. This also narrows the time down to
reading a text instead of reading like its an article on a blogging site
 Hash tags are basically like a way to project your tweet to be shown to a number of
other people looking for the same topic or activity. Football fans may use hasjtags
such as #arsenal to get information or views of other people based on the recent
match.
 DM. Short for direct message. This is to message a private message to a follower.
This can only be done if a person is following you or you are following them.
 Trending topics are what people are talking about on twitter and the most popular
subject or topic. This will make it to the trending topics page. For example a popstar
> lady gaga < releases a song she would have the title of her song trending.
 Twitter logo with hyperlink to homepage. This is so you can easily return to the
homepage of twitter by clicking the little bird icon.
 Timeline. This is the homepage of twitter after the login page. Shows all the tweets
your following category has posted and occasionally contains adverts.
 Retweet, Favourite and quote tweet. Retweet is a form of sharing someone else’s
post. Favouring someone’s tweet means you like a persons tweet or status update. A
quote tweet is when you add or edit text on a pre existing tweet.
 Search and navigation bar at the top of the page is to search for a certain topic or to
navigate to another part of twitter. Such as the direct message page, the notificatons
and mentions page and the homepage.

2. Conventions of twitter
Form: Twitter is a micro blogging site.
Structure: Tweets with 140-character limit, Can include pictures and links to other
sites and/or videos.
Content: expression of individual thoughts and opinions.
Mode of Address : can be varied depending on the the user or page tweeting
information. Formal/informal/humorous/serious. Subjective- your point of view.