- Viral: if a post/ video is viral or “has gone viral,” that means it is spreading very rapidly across the internet,
- Troll: used as a verb and a noun. A troll is a person who purposely creates offensive or provocative posts or comments to arouse anger in other social media users.
- Hater: a person who posts negative or critical comments about others
- Vlogger: a person who regularly creates short videos to be posted online
- Meme: a humorous image or text that is easily sent to others over the internet
- Anonymity: The state of being anonymous, of people not knowing your identity
- DM: direct message
- Emoji: a small digital image used in social media/ emails/ text to display an emotion, object or idea
- Badger: to bother someone repeatedly
- Derogatory: offensive, hurtful, disrespectful
- Censor: to keep certain images. Texts, etc from being displayed or published because it is offensive or immoral
- Follow: to subscribe to the page of a person or business on social media
- Harass: to create a hostile situation through written or verbal communication
- Catfishing: the act of creating a false internet profile in order to deceive or scam someone
- Grooming: preparing someone (often a minor) over the internet in order to eventually commit a sexual offense
- Influencer: a person who promotes a product online to his/her followers so that they may purchase it
- Photoshop: software that allows users to digitally alter their images
- Filters: preset photo enhancements that users can select to apply to their images or videos
- Block: stopping or banning someone from interacting with you on social media or viewing your posts/ profile
- Scam: a dishonest attempt to trick or cheat you
