What Is Twittering on the Internet?
Twittering is a term used to describe a person who subscribes to and uses the social Internet website Twitter.com. The website allows members to "twitter" to other members. Much like a constant stream of short messages, Twitter.com is an Internet social networking website that chronicles the day-to-day, hour-to-hour and minute-to-minute whereabouts provided by each individual member.
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Objective of the Website
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Twitter.com is a social networking website that allows friends, family and co-workers to communicate and remain up-to-date on the daily activities of its members. According to the Twitter.com website, "Members of the website send and receive short messages that answer one simple question: 'What are you doing?'"
Message Restrictions
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All messages sent through the Twitter website must be 140 characters or fewer. This allows messages to be sent as a single SMS alert.
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Communicating
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Members of the website can communicate with friends or "followers" all day, receiving the short messages or "tweets" via the website or text message. Members can restrict the number of followers and determine who sees postings. Group-related items such as "Graduation Party on Friday at 6pm" can be shared with specified friends, or private or public groups.
Free Internet Service
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Twitter is free to the public, but membership is required. To become a member, subscribers must provide a username and password, email address, and mobile number, if applicable.
Members Must Actively Twitter
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Twitter.com allows members to share information and organize events. While the website encourages members to update followers as frequently as possible, if updates are not provided, followers do not receive new messages.
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