| On 04.29.09, In Twitter, by lkhatiwada |
I had started using twitter three months back. The power of 140 words soon got me hooked to the site and I was completely bowled over by what twitter could do to one’s business. Primarily, one can tweet, follow people, get followed back, and get tweeted back. Different people use twitter differently though the process remains the same for all. Twitter can be used as an expression of your mood, you could chose to give updates or tell your friends your feeling. It could be used to know about a certain topic or seek help from experts. You could know about the market or share your thoughts with others.
Few points about Twitter:
• It is a social networking and micro-blogging site.
• It is real-time problem solving engine.
• It is real-time answer engine.
The question that still remains unanswered: “What exactly is twitter?”. According to twitter, “Twitter has grown into a real-time short messaging service that works over multiple networks and devices”.
Initially, Twitter came across as a social networking portal. Thanks to the short messages and instant networking features, Twitter gained popularity in no time. People started using this to post their thoughts and get the optimum return. Its viral effect made it as real time problem solving engine and real time answer engine. Next thing expected from a search engine was to get results involving the people and Twitter provided that. Wow!!! The search facility that Twitter provided and the interface, according to me is competitive to Google.
I believe that Twitter is more than just a Social networking and micro blogging site. What I like most about Twitter is its real-time answer engine and human driven search engine unlike its contemporaries which don’t have human involvement. Twitter has had a phenomenal success in the past few months and it surely is here to stay.
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