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The culture of social-media platform Twitter includes:


 * the use of hashtags to create and perpetuate Twitter/social-media trends
 * amplifying messages by retweeting or by responding to them
 * bringing attention to certain people/accounts by atting ("@-ing") them using the at sign ("@")
 * creating threads to share longer messages, as single tweets have a character limit
 * shortening URLs to accommodate character-count limits and to track reach and referrals
 * the introduction of jargon, such as:
 * Milkshake Duck, an initially (seemingly) endearing person who turns out to be flawed;
 * problematic fave, a celebrity or other influential person whose popularity is impervious to offensive or statements
 * Meltdown May, a series of erratic social-media posts in the month of May.
 * sub-communities such as:
 * Weird Twitter;
 * Black Twitter;
 * Stan Twitter; and
 * diplomatic Twitter
 * "getting ratio-ed," wherein a tweet gains more (unsolicited) comments than it does likes and/or retweets, typically indicating the unpopular/controversial nature of that tweet.