“Share and discover what’s happening right now, anywhere in the world…!”- www.twitter.com
Twitter created in 2006 by Jack Dorsey, is now almost 3 years old and its popularity is increasing day by day, has gained notability and not only that, it is ranked among 50 most popular internet sites worldwide by Alexa’s web traffic analysis . The original product name or codename for Twitter service was “twttr”, inspired by Flickr.
Now question comes-“what is Twitter?” Twitter is a social-networking(like orkut and facebook) and micro-blogging service(quick update usually by sending short text messages) which allows its members to send and receive short messages of 140 characters, popularly known as Tweets to their friends, family, business partners , etc,(source Wikipedia). Twitter is one of the simplest and most addictive social media tools, and its growing success has been both unexpected and in a way, inspirational. From Hollywood to bollywood to the world’s most famous personalities, Twitter provides a connection between celebrities and their fans.
Tweets are short messages which a twitter user can post in his profile and are delivered to its subscribers or better known as followers. While Twitter may have started as a free social-networking service, it is grown into much more than simply a tool to type in quick status updates and basically is a cross between blogging and instant messaging.
So this was all about what is twitter. Now next question comes “how does I Get Started with Twitter?”, first you need to create your very own account by choosing an appropriate username and password. After that you to sign in your account to where you can view Twitter’s current status. You can also delete your account if you don’t feel like to continue further with Twitter.
After signing in there are various things to start with, such as fill in your profile details, select your twitter picture, applying a theme to your profile with different profile colors, etc, not only this you can even share your albums, videos and music by posting them on various multiple networks.
Now when you through with this, there is another level of Twitter for which it is getting popular very fast i.e., sending Twitter updates and following other Twitter users. Various You Tube videos are there on how to send and manage twitter updates and following other users on Twitter in detail, one can refer to them for more information on this level. Apart from this you can even use twitter on your mobile phone (which should be GPRS enabled or have an access to internet).
Now, Twitter can be used for much more than announcing where you will party tonight. It’s true what Mr. Paul McFedries, an author of various technical books, has told:” Twitter is what you make of it” whether you publicize you daily activities or making just friend and linking love. But smart people use Twitter for business or to enhance their business, by sharing expertise to build credibility, by growing their network and by marketing their product and services.
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