What You Must Know About Twitter
Twitter is a social medium specifically developed to enhance communication. It is a miroblogging and social networking service that enables its users to send and receive short text-based, micropost instant messages that are known as Tweets. Twitter users can receive tweets via multiple platforms such as Twitter website, SMS, RSS, instant messaging, email or applications such as Facebook.
Twitter was released to public in 2006. Prior to its release it was a research and development tool that was used in house by Obvious LLC. People use twitter to stay connected and communicate with friends, family and coworkers. Business twitterers are using it for customer service, product marketing and product sale.
What Other Software Doest It Work With?
A number of authoring tools, such as Twhirl, tools for mobile phone and browser extensions are compatible with Twitter. Search engines such as Tweetscan, FriendFeed, and Summarize work with the application as well. Twidium provides a service which will help twitterers to find more followers. Its mass following function helps twitterers to get followers swiftly.
Who Uses It?
- BBC and CNN use Twitter to disseminate breaking news or present information feeds for sporting events.
- Barrack Obama used Twitter in the 2008 presidential campaign.
- The Red Cross uses Twitter for information about local disasters, statistics and directions.
Other Services
While Twitter may be the most common microblogging tool, it is certainly not the only one. Other microblogging tools include:
- Jaiku
- PlaceShout
- Yammer
- SocialCast