Twitter is an online social networking
service that allows the user to send and receive short posts called “tweets”. These
“tweets” are 140-character text messages that can literally be about anything,
from what you are doing right now to just about anything that you can think of.
This social network can be accessed through the website, SMS, or the mobile
device app. The social network was created in March 2006, whose CEO, Jack
Dorsey, is currently worth $1.8 billion, and employs approximately 3,000
people. Twitter roughly a billion users with an average 500 million tweets
posted daily.
Every “tweet” that is posted is publicly visible
by default. Twitter also allows for posts to be “retweeted” where the post is
forwarded via Twitter by the user. Users may subscribe to other members so that
all their posts will show up on the follower’s news feed. Twitter revolves around
the concept of followers, where the more followers one has to more users will
see their “tweet”. Currently, the twitter account with the most followers is
Katy Perry, with over 52
So what is the point of Twitter? According
to Twitter it self, “Twitter is a service for friends, family, and co-workers
to communicate and stay connected”. However in my opinion it hardly used for
this purpose, it is used primarily, for users to share their thoughts and
feelings, as well as what they are currently doing/eating, and for businesses/celebrities
to promote themselves.
-R.Z
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