A twitter post is a piece of text from the website Twitter. A tweet consists of up to 140 characters and can include images and vines as well as utilise hashtags (e.g. #IAmACeleb) to join discussions on topics along with others using the same hashtag. The character limit both allows people to be blunt and to to the point, stopping walls of texts but at the same time stopping people from having longer and more in-depth discussions. Users can reply to someone's tweet and start dialogue with others being able to join at any point if they want. People can follow others, meaning that when they tweet it appears in their timeline. Tweets can also be retweeted meaning that the tweet reappears in the timeline of everyone who follows the person who retweeted it so they can also see the tweet. The downside to twitter is that some people can use it to abuse others and hide behind their profile so there are little to no real life consequences.
Good summary (although someone who didn't know what Twitter was would probably not have a pragmatic understanding of the jargon 'timeline' and 'hashtag', although they might from Facebook etc.). An example discussed 'PEE' would lift this kind of discussion and don't forget to cram in the terminology e.g. "The character limit constraint...".
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