I was having a discussion with some friends about social networking sites and it quickly became a Facebook against Twitter debate. Being an avid Facebooker, I thought I’d check in to see what everyone’s talking about with Twitter.
So here is some basic Twitter information I’ve collected:
Twitter was created by Jack Dorsey. The idea came from his growing interest in the simple idea of being able to know what his friends were doing. Specifically, he wondered if there might be an opportunity to build something compelling around this simple status concept. When he brought the idea up to his colleagues, it was decided that a prototype should be built.
And then I wondered, why do people like it?
It’s a simple, easy way to connect with people. All you do is answer this question, “What are you doing?”
It easily solves the problem of an information overload and saves you from messaging someone on Facebook chat just to say how’s it going.
I’ve heard the word tweet many times in these discussions so I sought to find the definition of a tweet in Twitter terms. A tweet is a short message, typically 140 words or less, sent over the Twitter network. Tweeting is free and you can start by signing up for a Twitter account.
So there’s your basic information on Twitter. Sound like something your interested in? To learn more click here, and if you already have Twitter, follow Youth Are Awesome! 🙂
