Since doing a recent blog post on #FF I was asked what RT meant and now I have been asked what DM means, I think it is purely down to the fact that I was an absolute twitter idiot with no idea what a tweet was let alone how to use HootSuite, I was the ultimate Twitter Twit, then I am able to explain things in a simple way, without making things over confusing.
I had no idea what RT meant, if I asked on twitter I got the reply ‘Retweet’ and no explanation, if I looked on Google for an explanation I was given a long-winded reply with some much jargon in I had no idea what I was doing.
I then went to a training course with Ann Hawkins and suddenly everything seemed to make sense. So, now here I am – trying to help you 
DM means Direct Message, for example Private Message in your inbox on Facebook. If you want to give someone your email address or such like then you will send it to them by DM (Direct Message) – you do this by hovering your curser over their name and it will come up with the options (Reply, ReTweet or Direct Message), you want Direct Message, it looks like an envelope with 3 arrows on.
If you tweet any of your followers can read that tweet, it you DM then only the person you are sending it to can read it.
Another way of sending a DM is writing “d hazellcottrell” – so you put ‘d’ then a space, then the name (do not put the speech marks, this was purely to show you the area!
You can only send a DM to someone that is following you, so if you need to send them details they need, then ask them to follow you.
Easy as that! If you would like to know anything else about Twitter then drop me a line, chances are other people are wondering the same thing!
Remember – I am not a Social Media Princess, just a Twitter Twit that has found the light!
A little note for people using the Twitter web page and not a dashboard like Tweetdeck or Hootsuite ….
On the Twitter web page, the envelope symbol to send a DM is on the line underneath someone’s bio. Or click the ‘messages’ tab at the top of the page and you can see all the DM’s that have been sent to you and send DM’s to other people from there too.
You have a great weblog right here!
Sorry, but DM means “doesn’t matter.”
Lol, it can do….. but not in the world of twitter I am afraid
i think DM means DERECT MESSAGE?!!!
It means Direct Message, correct!
I have seen it a lot on twitter!
Thanks!
Glad I could help
if it is in a tweet like “what time is it? dm” it means doesnt matter.
I was unaware of this fact! Thanks
Thanks for sharing the knowledge!!!
No Worries – I know what it was like to be a newbie!!!! lol
Thanks…this was useful.
My pleasure – I am glad you found it helpful
I followed the instructions of hovering the mouse over to the person’s name but I don’t see anything that says direct message. Did twitter update it to Email Tweet? it’s under the “more” option that comes after the “favorite” option.
Thanks.
It has indeed changed to mail tweet – thanks for that! Hadn’t realised it had changed
Aww thmx I really needed to know that! xx THAANKS!♥
Glad I could help, there is one about rt and #ff too if you need them?