Twitter... what's all the fuss about?

A snapshot of what it is, where it came from, how to use it... and what's next

6 million unique visitors Year 900% 1 million unique visitors Jan 08 Mar 08 May 08 Jul 08 Sep 08 Nov 08 Jan 09 Source: compete.com

Rank UV Monthly Visits Previous Rank 1. facebook.com 68,557,534 1,191,373,339 2 2. myspace.com 58,555,800 810,153,536 1 3. twitter.com 5,979,052 54,218,536 22 4. flixster.com 7,979,052 43,389,974 10 5. linkedin.com 11,274,190 42,744,438 9 Source: compete.com

2006 Photos by Jack Dorsey http://flickr.com/photos/jackdorsey/ & Sagolla http://www.flickr.com/photos/dominic/

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@ username + message Directs a Tweet at another person

@allisonyochim Drunk dude face planting into the subway door just made my night allisonyochim IanDarling

D username + message Sends someone a private message

D paulcarvill I *know* orange Smarties do actually taste of orange. But I swear the others taste better when segregated paulcarvill jemimakiss

Tweet A message of 140 characters or less

Twitter username Favourite this tweet 140 character limit guardiantechMonty Python DVD sales soar thanks to You- Tube clips http://bit.ly/Bfros 34 minutes ago from Tweetdeck App Avatar Reply to tweet Timestamp

(RT) Re-Tweeting Repeating someone else’s tweet to amplify its effect To give them credit use RT@’username’

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Search Human powered search

# Hashtags Helps you filter all discussion relevant to a specific event

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5 things you need to remember

Provide some bio info, an avatar and customise your page and location

Use shortened URLs

Tweet Tweet Give and take

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towerbridge: I am opening for the Yacht Aviva, which is passing upstream. Objects tweeting Tower Bridge

MarsPhoenix What's up on Mars? An analysis of the atmosphere has interesting implications! Briefing at 2pm ET on www.nasa.gov/ntv Objects tweeting Nasa Mars Rover (Planets not to scale)

twitchhiker On 1st March, I’ll attempt to travel as far around the world as possible in 30 days, relying only on the goodwill of people using Twitter

Twaiku Twaiku are mostly meant to tell a story or to get a message across – different from the more descriptive, elegaic tone and purpose of traditional haiku.

#mumbai Oberio hotel new blast just reported. Rescue forces inside hotel. #mumbai >50 people rescued from Taj Hotel #mumbai Attack photo stream http://flickr. com/photos/vinu/ #mumbai 87 reported dead 200 injured. mumbaiattack : Hospital update. Shots still being fired. Also Metro cinema next door Citizen news During the #Mumbai terrorist attacks there were 80 tweets every 5 seconds

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Twitter... what's all the fuss about?

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