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Twitter, Inc
Type Private
Founded 2006
Headquarters San Francisco, California,USA
Jack Dorsey, Chairman
Key people Evan Williams, CEO
Biz Stone, Creative Director
Industry mobile social network service, micro-blogging
Employees 29[1]
Website http://twitter.com/
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a s f oll o w e r s ). Se n d e r s c a n r e strict d eliv ery t o th o s e in th eir cir cl e of fri e n d s or, b y d ef a ult, all o w a n y b o d y t o
a c c e s s th e m . User s c a n s e n d a n d r e c ei v e t w e e t s vi a th e T witt er w e b sit e, Sh ort Mes s a g e S ervi c e (SMS) o r
e xt er n al a p pli c ati o n s . T h e s e r vi c e is fr e e t o u s e o v e r th e Int er n et, b ut u sin g S MS m a y in c ur p h o n e s e r vi c e
pr o vi d e r fe e s .
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s o m e ti m e s d e s c ri b e d a s th e \"SMS of th e Int er n et,\"[2] in th at th e sit e pr o vi d e s th e fun cti o n ality — vi a
its a p pli c ati o n pr o gr a m m i n g int erf a c e (API)—f or o t h e r d e s kt o p a n d w e b - b a s e d a p pli c ati o n s t o s e n d a n d r e c ei v e
s h o rt t ext m e s s a g e s , oft e n o b s c urin g th e T witt er s e r vi c e its elf.
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Man-b a s e d n u m b e r for int er n ati o n al u s e . T h e r e is al s o a s h o rt c o d e for Vod af o n e u s e r s fr o m th e Unit e d
King d o m . S e v e r al third p arti e s all o w u s e r s t o p o st a n d r e c ei v e up d at e s vi a e - m a il.
Esti m at e s of th e n u m b e r of d aily u s e r s v ary, b e c a u s e th e c o m p a n y d o e s n ot r el e a s e th e n u m b e r of a ctiv e
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u s e r s . [3] A F e br u ary 2 0 0 9 Co m p e t e . c o m bl o g e n try r a n k e d T witt er a s th e third m o s t u s e d s o ci al n e t w or k
(F a c e b o o k b e i n g th e lar g e st, foll o w e d b y MySp a c e ),[4] w hi c h p ut s th e n u m b e r of u ni q u e m o n t hly vi sit or s at
r o u g hly 6 m illi o n a n d th e n u m b e r of m o n t hly vi sit s at 5 5 m illi o n,[4] h o w e v e r o nly 4 0 % of u s e r s a r e r et ai n e d. [5] In
Marc h 2 0 0 9 , a Niel s e n . c o m bl o g r a n k e d T witt er a s th e fa st e st-g r o wi n g sit e in th e Me m b e r Co m m u niti e s c at e g o ry
for F e br u ary 2 0 0 9 . T witt er h a d a g r o wt h of 1 3 8 2 % , Zim bi o h a d a g r o wt h of 2 4 0 % , foll o w e d b y F a c e b o o k wit h a
g r o wt h of 2 2 8 % . [6]
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