Twitter is a social networking and microblogging service that allows you answer the question, “What’s Happening?” by sending short text messages 140 characters in length, called “tweets”, to your friends, or “followers.” Twitter is one of the fastest growing sites on the web today. It is taking the internet by storm and there are thousands of new users joining each day.
Twitter is best described as a micro blogging platform. You are limited to 140 characters each time you make an update, which initially, may seem a small amount. However, as you become more experienced, you will be amazed at what you can fit into 140 characters.
That said, Twitter is much, much more than that. It is like one huge global chat room, but then again, it doesn’t have to be. It all depends on how many people you follow on Twitter. If it’s in the thousands, then your “Tweetstream” will be running fast and furious with everything that’s coming in. If you are only following a few hundred, or even less, then things are much easier to keep up with.
Twitter is also a great way to meet new people online, particularly those with similar interests to you. I will show you how to do this more as we progress through this twitter introduction.
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