The Socialphy Dictionary of Terms and Symbols
Get a list of the Socialphy jargon along with definitions of terms you will find on the site.
Bug:
An error in the Socialphy system.
Collective Intelligence:
A kind of shared intelligence which is created by collaboration and creativity within the network.
Community:
A group within Socialphy which serves the purpose of sharing information, asking questions, and opening free discussion.
Favorite:
Feature that lets you show your appreciation in addition to acting as a bookmarking system for material you really enjoy.
Follow:
A way to stay up to date on the activities of a user, post, community, or topic.
Full User:
Rank which grants full use of site and 10 points to give to other posts per day.
Great User:
Users whose material has received praise in the media.
Moderator:
A user who enforces the protocol and helps users better understand the site.
Notification:
A message that informs the user about activity on the site.
Medals:
Awards given to users for their Socialphy achievements.
My Socialphy:
A notifications chart which allows the user to quickly share share a video, image, link, or message as well as receive updates from their followers.
Points:
Credits either earned or awarded to interesting and informative posts.
Topic:
Content which shares information, raises a question, or discussion within a Socialphy Community.
Top Post:
An article published on Socialphy that users have accredited as interesting and informative.
Protocol:
The list of rules and regulations that all Socialphy users are required to respect.
Rank:
The user's status within the site which is determined by the quality of content they publish.
Recommendations:
A notification which praises favorable content and enables users to share content they like.
Rookie:
A beginner user who cannot yet comment on posts outside of their designated community.
Shout:
A quick message, video, link, or image.
Source:
A required link to the origin of all content which has not been written by the user.
Tags:
A word or brief description of content.
Statistics:
Section of the site which shows a short summary of the users' activity.
Top Communities:
The most popular communities or those with the most members, those with the most topics within the community, those with the most comments, and those with the most followers.
Top Post:
The posts with the most points, most added as favorites, or that have the most followers.
Top Topics:
The topics that have the most positive votes and the topics that have been visited the most.
Top Users:
The users with the highest total amount of points and the users who have the most followers.
Topics:
A note that appears under a Community which communicates the feelings of a user as long as it complies with the protocol.
Vote:
A way for users to evaluate topics within a community by either giving them a (+) or (-) rating.