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The Twitter Craze

Sunday, November 29th, 2009

In the past decade social sites have become quite a phenomenon.  Everyone from the ten year old kids to ninety year old senior citizens are using them.  Currently, Twitter is one of the most popular and convenient social sites out there.

Here are 8 things about Twitter that you may not know:

  • Twitter has been around since 2006
  • It originated in San Francisco, CA
  • Jack Dorsey, Evan Williams, and Biz Stone created Twitter
  • It only took 2 weeks to create the first version of Twitter
  • One question is asked, “What are you doing?” and it allows you 140 characters to answer
  • You can twitter from anywhere: Mobile Internet, Home PC, or via text.
  • Twitter likes feedback
  • Mobile Twitter has been available since 2007

Tweeting, which is the process of updating your Twitter account, is now the newest trend and it looks promising that Twitter will be here for a long time and people are happy to know that.  The thing that people like the most about Twitter is that, unlike instant messaging, there is no obligation to reply.   Also, it is safer to use because it allows you to decide who you want to follow and who you want to be following you. 

Google and Twitter just made a deal that will allow Tweets to come up in the search engine results, which means that more and more people will be using Twitter for business purposes.  There is a lot potential for Twitter.  If you haven’t hopped on the Twitter Train yet, you should.  More than likely you will find that all your friends are already enjoying their everyday Tweeting and reading everyone else’s Tweets.  Everyone including celebrities, entrepreneurs, politicians, television programs, teachers, moms and dads are using Twitter.  It is an easy way to stay in touch with fans, friends, and family.  It’s really fun to see how many followers you can get and you will be extremely shocked to see who is on Twitter and how many people you can follow.   Try it now at www.twitter.com.