Twitter turns seven: Your guide to the social networking site
Category: Social Networking
Social networking site Twitter turns seven years-old today. The site has grown from humble beginnings in 2006 to having 200million users around the world and producing 400million tweets a day.
For those unfamiliar with a 'hashtag' or how many characters are allowed in each tweet, read on for the essential facts of the popular website...
There are 200million Twitter users (Twitterers - not Tweeters) worldwide.
About 10million of these users are from the UK.
A tweet can be no more than 140 characters long.
Tweet (verb) - to tweet, tweeting, tweeted. To tweet is the act of publishing a message - a Tweet - on Twitter.
An incredible 400million Tweets are sent every day.
Retweet (RT) can be used two ways. Retweet (noun) is a Tweet by another user which has been shared to you by someone you follow. Retweet (verb) - to retweet, retweeting, retweeted - a tweet that is shared with others.
Around 80% of UK users are use their mobile to Tweet compared to 60% globally.
The first tweet was posted on March 21, 2006 by creator Jack Dorsey.
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Twitter turns seven: Your guide to the social networking site
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