It demystifies the phenomena of ‘stumbling’ and ‘sheep-throwing’
DO you see stars when you come across online terms such as ‘digg’ and ‘poke’? In that case, you’re a novice to the world of online networking and blogs. Here’s a list of the most commonly used terms in these spheres:
• Scrap/Post: A short message left on a user’s profile on a networking community by other users. Scraps/posts are mainly of two kinds: those in which an old connection is re-established (omigod! its been ages! how u doin?) to attempts to establish new ones (hai... want to make frandship wit me?)
• Scrapbook/Wall: All the scraps/posts that users have received on their profiles that can be accessed by any user on the site. Some users have thousands of scraps/posts, whereas others have very sparse scrapbooks/walls. This may be because users may prefer not to have other users unknown to them going through their scraps/posts. It can also be because there are certain profiles that aren’t exactly above board.
• Fan: This is a gauge of how popular a user is. People on users’ friends lists can ‘fan’ them and the more fans they have, the more popular they are perceived to be.
• Testimonial: A summary of what users’ friends think of them. They can range from the ordinary (“she loves to watch movies, try exotic recipes and make gifts for friends”) to the tongue-incheek (“he is one guy with a never-say-die spirit when it comes to trying to talk to girls”).
• Poke: An action on certain networking communities in which users gently remind others of their existence. In some cases, poke wars are triggered in which users just poke each other, often several times a day.
• Superpoke: The poke taken to another level. Users can choose from a variety of actions such as karate chopping, hugging and even throwing sheep.
• Digg: This is a feature provided by www.digg.com in which news stories and websites are submitted by Digg users and then voted to the site’s front page. The votes are calls Diggs.
• Stumble: This is a feature provided by StumbleUpon, a web browser plugin that allows its users to discover and rate webpages, photos, videos, and news articles. These webpages are presented when the user (a Stumbler) clicks the “Stumble!” button on the browser’s toolbar
• Scrap/Post: A short message left on a user’s profile on a networking community by other users. Scraps/posts are mainly of two kinds: those in which an old connection is re-established (omigod! its been ages! how u doin?) to attempts to establish new ones (hai... want to make frandship wit me?)
• Scrapbook/Wall: All the scraps/posts that users have received on their profiles that can be accessed by any user on the site. Some users have thousands of scraps/posts, whereas others have very sparse scrapbooks/walls. This may be because users may prefer not to have other users unknown to them going through their scraps/posts. It can also be because there are certain profiles that aren’t exactly above board.
• Fan: This is a gauge of how popular a user is. People on users’ friends lists can ‘fan’ them and the more fans they have, the more popular they are perceived to be.
• Testimonial: A summary of what users’ friends think of them. They can range from the ordinary (“she loves to watch movies, try exotic recipes and make gifts for friends”) to the tongue-incheek (“he is one guy with a never-say-die spirit when it comes to trying to talk to girls”).
• Poke: An action on certain networking communities in which users gently remind others of their existence. In some cases, poke wars are triggered in which users just poke each other, often several times a day.
• Superpoke: The poke taken to another level. Users can choose from a variety of actions such as karate chopping, hugging and even throwing sheep.
• Digg: This is a feature provided by www.digg.com in which news stories and websites are submitted by Digg users and then voted to the site’s front page. The votes are calls Diggs.
• Stumble: This is a feature provided by StumbleUpon, a web browser plugin that allows its users to discover and rate webpages, photos, videos, and news articles. These webpages are presented when the user (a Stumbler) clicks the “Stumble!” button on the browser’s toolbar
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