What is it?
Who's using it?
How do I get involved?
How do I make it better?
"It's almost like ESP."
Clive Thompson, Wired
Twitter is a free social networking and micro-blogging service that enables its users to send and read messages known as tweets. Tweets are text-based posts of up to 140 characters displayed on the author's profile page and delivered to the author's subscribers who are known as followers.
Basic Twitter Anatomy
"From time to time I realize that 140 characters are a hell of a lot"
Geek and Poke by Oliver Widder
Trending Topics
Popular Topics by the Minute, Day, and Week
#iranelection
"Friday Protests in Iran" - Uploaded on September 18, 2009 by .faramarz
“…primarily Twitter serves as a real-time information network powered by people around the world discovering what’s happening and sharing the news. The Iranian election was the most discussed issue on Twitter in the final year of a decade defined by advancements in information access.” – Biz Stone, Timesonline December 28, 2009
19% of internet users now say they use Twitter or another service to share updates about themselves, or to see updates about others.
Pew attributes the Twitter rise to three types of Internet users:
Those who already are familiar with social networking sites, such as Facebook, LinkedIn or MySpace
Those between the ages of 18 and 44
Those who connect to the Net wirelessly using mobile devices
25% of internet users who have wireless access use Twitter
Who's Using Twitter?
Who's Using Twitter?
Who's Using Twitter?
Who's Using Twitter?
How Do I Get Started?
Account Settings
Proper Tweetiquette
@username message
Proper Tweetiquette
D <username> message
RT = retweet
Cite your sources
RT @username message
via @username
Proper Tweetiquette
Twitter Lists
Twitter Search
Mobile Twitter Apps
Find more at the Twitter Fan Wiki