{"id":238688,"date":"2023-07-07T03:37:22","date_gmt":"2023-07-07T07:37:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/es\/?p=296747"},"modified":"2025-07-01T18:45:22","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T01:45:22","slug":"what-we-call-the-messages-of-threads-we-explain-it-to-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/what-we-call-the-messages-of-threads-we-explain-it-to-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Threads Messaging Demystified: Understanding the Unique Terminology Behind It"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They say <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/tell-me-where-i-will-bust-zuckerberg-to-elon-musk-the-fight-of-the-century\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk want to get into a cage and have a fierce fight<\/a>. The truth is, the battle has already begun, and it&#8217;s called Threads, the real threat to Twitter.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"Threads\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-m\/p\/e07c30a6-9549-4bb9-9389-d91a74ffae11\/3938845856\/threads-from-instagram-Download-Threads-an-Instagram-app.jpg\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Threads<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/threads-from-instagram.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/threads-from-instagram.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/how-to-install-threads-on-your-mobile?ex=RAMP-1114.1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The folks at Meta have launched their own Twitter<\/a>. Cleaner and prettier, according to early users. <strong>But when it comes down to it, it&#8217;s just like Twitter, except with a rather criminal algorithm<\/strong> (nothing it suggests will be to your liking).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So, with such app similarity, functionality, and interface\u2026 <strong>what do we call the messages we write and post on Threads? <\/strong>Because on Twitter, we already had the perfect word &#8220;tweet&#8221; and &#8220;to tweet&#8221;\u2026 can we use the same?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Meta lanza este jueves Instagram Threads, la competencia de Twitter\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/43VukqFU1Ss?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Let&#8217;s call Threads&#8217; messages a tweet<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We have pondered this question extensively, and our colleagues at The Verge have as well. We have come to the conclusion that <strong>we can refer to the messages on Meta&#8217;s social network the same way we have always referred to messages on Twitter: &#8220;tweet&#8221; and &#8220;to tweet.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While many people have simply referred to the messages as &#8220;posts,&#8221; which is a fitting term, the reality is that it is too vague.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>In the early hours of Threads&#8217; public launch, people tried &#8220;threet&#8221; and &#8220;tit,&#8221;<\/strong> as well as a whole series of textile-related wordplay. But all of them seem like poor ideas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>For that reason, we advocate for the use of the word &#8220;tweet&#8221; and the action of &#8220;twitter.&#8221;<\/strong> It has a defined meaning in several dictionaries directly related to online posting. It is a word that immediately connotes the specific type of publication that microblogs tend towards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>&#8220;Tweet&#8221; is the perfect word to describe a short and quick message posted in a feed<\/strong>. And if you think &#8220;tweet&#8221; can only refer to Twitter, you&#8217;re mistaken. Twitter didn&#8217;t even invent the word.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As explained in The Verge, in the early days of Twitter, they were simply called &#8220;posts&#8221; or &#8220;updates.&#8221; Then, for a while, it was &#8220;twit.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/the-darker-side-of-threads-that-nobody-has-warned-you-about\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">By the way, be very careful if you install the app<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"Threads\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-m\/p\/e07c30a6-9549-4bb9-9389-d91a74ffae11\/3938845856\/threads-from-instagram-Download-Threads-an-Instagram-app.jpg\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Threads<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/threads-from-instagram.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/threads-from-instagram.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Some of the links added in the article are part of affiliate campaigns and may represent benefits for Softonic.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is a lot of confusion with Threads and it is normal. Mark Zuckerberg&#8217;s new social network is indeed a punch to Elon Musk&#8217;s face and not the fake fight&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9265,"featured_media":238691,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1015],"tags":[4670],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-238688","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-redes-sociales"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238688","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9265"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=238688"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238688\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":319263,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238688\/revisions\/319263"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/238691"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=238688"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=238688"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=238688"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=238688"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=238688"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=238688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}