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What is Twitter?

Twitter is a social networking and micro-blogging service which enables users to send and read each-others’ updates, which are known as tweets. Tweets are text-based posts, displayed on a user’s profile page and delivered to other users (called followers) who have subscribed to them. Senders can either send to their circle of friends or allow open access. Users can send and receive tweets via the Twitter website, Short Message Service (SMS) or external applications.

Since launching in 2006, Twitter has gained worldwide popularity.

Through SMS, users can communicate with Twitter through five gateway numbers: short codes for the U.S., Canada, India and New Zealand, and an Isle-of-Man based number for international use. There is a short code in the U.K., but it’s currently only available through the Vodaphone network.

In February 2009, a Compete.com blog ranked Twitter as the third most used social network. In March 2009, a Nielson.com blog ranked Twitter as the fastest-growing site in the Member Communities category.

Twitter is a high-profile affair, with Aston Kutcher the most followed celebrity on Twitter and Ellen DeGeneres and Britney Spears close behind.

Several 2008 U.S. presidential campaigners used Twitter as a publicity mechanism, with Twitter usage increasing by 43% on election day.

Twitter can also be quite a useful tool, as one student found out. In April 2008, James Buck, a graduate journalist, was arrested along with his translator in Egypt for photographing an anti-government protest. On the way to the Police Station, James managed to use his mobile phone to send the message “arrested” to his 48 followers on Twitter. His followers contacted his University, the U.S. Embassy in Cairo, and the press on his behalf. James continued to send updates about his condition to his followers whilst detained, and was released from jail the next day after his University hired him a lawyer.

Research reported in the New Scientist in May 2008 found that blogs, maps, photo sites and instant messaging systems like Twitter did a better job of sending information in an emergency than either the news media or Government services. The American Red Cross uses Twitter to exchange information about local disasters.

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