1. Conventions of Twitter
Conventions of Twitter are:
Very Popular because a lot of people use this social network and 645,750,000 is the Total
number of active registered Twitter users
Statistics show The Average number of tweets per day is 58 million
Character limit is 140 because Twitter has a limit so there is no more searching involved.
Hashtags – categories the status by topic. Hashtags are one of the most important and
efficient ways of organizing information on Twitter because After a hashtag has been
created, other Twitter users can use that hashtag in their own tweets to add to the larger
conversation about that topic
Trending topics is A word, phrase or topic that is tagged at a greater rate than other tags and
also Trending topics become popular either through a concerted effort by users, or because
of an event that prompts people to talk about one specific topic
Direct Messages is a private message that will only be seen by the person you send it to and
won't appear on either yours or their timeline. Also to send a direct message you have to
follow the person you’re sending it to.
Retweets means to forward a tweet to your followers. It is like forwarding a text message or
an email. Also you re-publish something another Twitter user has written, to spread the
word among your own Twitter followers.
You designate a retweet using the abbreviation RT followed by the original Twitterer's name
and message
For example, RT @Contests Guide would indicate that you are retweeting information. So to
retweet, type the following into Twitter and send: RT @twitter username text of the original
message.
On the Twitter Web site "following" someone means you will see their tweets (Twitter
updates) in your personal timeline. Twitter lets you see who you follow and also who is
following you. Followers are people who receive other people's Twitter updates.
@ And usernames is similarly, the "@" sign followed by a username is used for mentioning or
replying to other users. To repost a message from another Twitter user, and share it with
one's own followers, the retweet function is symbolized by "RT" in the message

2. Conventions of Twitter
Notifications for Twitter usually updates what you have missed on tweets and let you know
if someone is following you back
You can communicate worldwide by tweeting famous people and you can follow them and
see the tweets about them. Also you can get news, weather and sport updated on your
twitter page if you follow the news, weather and sport
Also you can find more information what happened like a attack but it would go straight to
the TV news it would take half an hour to get the information through on TV and people who
there can update what happened.