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THE CONTROVERSY OF TWITTER

Twitter is a website owned and operated by Twitter Inc.., Which offers a social networking microblogging that allows users to send and read messages called chirp[3] (tweets). Tweets are text posts of up to 140 characters displayed on the user profile page. Tweets can be seen outside, but sender scan restrict message delivery to their friends list only. Users can see other writers chirp known as followers. All users can send and receive chirp via the Twitter website, compatible external applications (cell phones), or with a short message (SMS) available in certain countries. The site is based in San Bruno, California near San Francisco, where the site was first made. Twitter also has servers and offices in San Antonio, Texas and Boston, Massachusetts. Since its creation in 2006 by Jack Dorsey, Twitter has gained popularity worldwide and currently has more than 100 millionusers. It is sometimes described as the "SMS of the Internet". Our friends think twitter is like a newspaper headline you always find interesting- you can find the new sat the time was going on, to learn more about topics that are important to you, and get information straight from the actual sources. Excess Twitter are Easy to navigate and update, "link to" and promote anything , Reaching broader not only between friends , One feed for all users and anyone can follow anyone else unless blocked , Tools pure communication and fast response , You do not have to log in to get updated. You can use RSS reader applications , Very interactive, extensible messaging platform with open APIs , Many other applications being developed (Twitterific, Summize, Twhirl, etc.) , SMS text messaging has the potential to provide revenue from wireless network , Potential future advertising or subscriptionbased companies , Twitter probably more scalable than Facebook and benefit costs . Weakness Twitter are Ability is limited find people, send brief messages, direct replies , Limited to 140 characters per update , Not all people discover the benefits of direct , More emphasis on follower counts , Easily abused for spam and increasing the noise level , Relatively smaller installed user base , No financial strategy that is easy and clear . There is no compulsion for you want to have a twitter or not, but at least you'll get quite a lot of advantages by having twitter. the advantages are of the strong reasons why you should have a twitter. example is twitter is the most update information at any time, especially for the lazy listening to the news, you can enjoy any time through your twitter account.