- The GPI on Instagram
- The first appearance of the GPI
- Other commonly used abbreviations
- Other expressions used in social networks
- References
GPI, on social media, means "thank you for inviting." It is an acronym that began to be used from the year 2014. As we can see, the first letter of these three words is kept in order to obtain this abbreviation.
Some abbreviations in social networks were used in order to reproach something. For example, in this case, if an event is held and you have not been invited, the "thank you for inviting" is said as a satirical reproach. You would have liked to go, however, you have not been invited.
The popularity of this type of acronyms on social networks and the internet has been increasing in recent times, especially on Facebook and Instagram. It is used in publications that include photos, comments or messages. Another of the most used acronyms is Lol.
The GPI on Instagram
The use of abbreviations or keywords on social platforms is becoming more and more common. The hashtag followed by a keyword on Instagram, for example, often leads posts: #Love #gpi #photooftheday
Knowing the importance of this type of incorporation can be especially relevant for people who use the networks. We will try to resolve some doubts.
The first appearance of the GPI
His first appearance was on Instagram in 2014. Later it spread to Twitter and later to other social platforms. Much has been speculated about the meaning in its early days. Here we will base ourselves on counting the current gpi utilization.
We have already seen how gpi is used on Instagram. Now we tell you the meaning of these in other social networks.
On twitter, for example, we can find many abbreviations and acronyms in English. Each of them has a meaning:
- ASAP: They are as possible (as soon as possible)
- #FF: Follow Friday. This is the well-known tweeting tradition of recommending users on Fridays.
- FB: Facebook
- TY: Tank you (thank you)
- GTG: Got to go (I must go)
The popular @, represents a symbol whose meaning means "to the attention of" or to distinguish a specific person in a publication. In other platforms such as Foursquare, the @ is used to determine locations.
The main reason why a vocabulary adapted to networks has been developed is to save time. Twitter only allowed 140 characters to send a message. Explaining something with the minimum number of characters required abbreviating the words.
Many of the abbreviations used in social networks have been approved and used in different languages. Others are made up of the first letter of each word for which a short phase is made up.
People who are not used to this type of vocabulary, can be very confused about it and not know how to decipher what they are reading.
Other commonly used abbreviations
Other commonly used abbreviations / acronyms are:
- + 1 (support for what comes next).
-GTG (Got To Go, I have to go).
-AFK (Away From Keyboard, away from the keyboard).
-OMG (Oh my god, oh my god).
-RT (Re-Tweet).
-Thx (Thanks, thank you).
Other expressions used in social networks
Forever alone.
LOL.
YOLO.
Turn down for what.
7U7.
References
- Ernesto del Valle. (2016). The 45 most common abbreviations on Twitter and other social networks. 2017, by Socaila Media y Contenidos.com Website: socialmediaycontenidos.com
- UniversiaColombia. (2012). The 25 abbreviations of Twitter that you should know. 2017, from Universia colombia Website: noticias.universia.net.co
- Fer Pérez. (2017). The most popular Instagram hashtags, and how you should use them in each case. 2017, by Urban Tecno Website: urbantecno.com.