Twitter has taken the world by storm since its creation in 2006. The numbers from Alexa Internet, a service which measures the traffic of different websites, announced that Twitter is the 14th most used social networking website globally.
Twitter’s creator, Jack Dorsey, has achieved his goals because his creation can be used as a social network as well as an information network. Today, Twitter is used by individuals of all ages and races to communicate with one another. Teens, especially, have welcomed this phenomenon and are setting up accounts like wildfire.
On the other hand, businesses and media figures have been able to gain popularity and exposure through this social networking service. Fans can subscribe to the profiles of different celebrities and products, thus are informed of the latest developments in each. Plus, this creates a bond between the consumer and the brand, or the fan and the star.
Twitter’s mechanism is quite simple. All you need is an account through which you can be part of a global conversation that consists of “tweets”. A tweet is a short message of 140 characters which can be sent, or tweeted, via Twitter’s websites, short messaging service (SMS) or other external applications. Whereas text messages may cost users, the other two methods are completely free.
Although Twitter is rivaled by Facebook in cyberspace, a new collaboration has been struck between both. Apparently this is a case of “If you can’t beat them, join them.” Facebook has initiated a service that can publish the status updates, links, photos, notes and events of a Facebook user onto his Twitter profile page.
As one of the best modern means of communication, Twitter has become popular with different individuals for different reasons. Now, being far doesn’t mean that you will be cut off from everything and everyone you care for.
