A "tweep" is a Twitter user who is a rookie or a novice by virtue of their low number of tweets. It is also someone on the
bottom of the Twitter hierarchy. The opposite of "tweep" is "twitterian."
"Twitterian" is purely a merit-based term that describes an individual with a high number of tweets and is positively charged.
The term "tweep" is occasionally a negatively charged term, as it implies low merit as determined by number of tweets. There is widespread disagreement on whether or not the amount of
time than an individual has had a Twitter account should be
taken into consideration when determining if an individual is a "tweep."
There are those who believe that they should not be considered "tweeps" despite their low number of tweets because they have had a Twitter account for a long
time. There are those who believe that the date of an individual'
s first tweet has no bearing on that individual's
status as a "tweep."
An individual with both a
long standing Twitter account and a high number of tweets is occasionally referred to as an "
elitist."
You are a tweep not a twitterian.
I have had my Twitter for
exactly one month. Started as a #tweep, became a #Twitterian, reached the #500tweetsclub, and became a #tweetingmachine.
I am not an
elitist. I am not a #tweep. I am the voice of
reason. We can all coexist peacefully. #IAmATwitterian