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Twitter is a social networking and micro-blogging service that allows users to send "updates" (text-based posts, up to 140 characters long) via SMS, instant messaging, the Twitter website or an application such as Twitterrific. These updates are displayed on the user's profile page and also instantly delivered to other users who have signed up to receive them. The sender can restrict delivery to members of his circle of friends, or allow delivery to everybody (which is the default). Users can receive updates via the Twitter website, instant messaging, SMS, RSS, or through an application. For SMS, currently two gateway numbers are available: one for the USA and a UK number for international use. While the twitter service itself is free, posting and receiving updates via SMS typically incurs a charge from the wireless carrier.

Twitter made its debut in March 2006. The Twitter team and won the 2007 South by Southwest Web Award.^[1] They gave the following playful acceptance speech: "We'd like to thank you in 140 characters or less. And we just did!"

With the growing number of new users, Twitter is experiencing numerous challenges related to its growth. The Wall Street Journal wrote "These [social-networking] services elicit mixed feelings in the technology-savvy people who have been their early adopters. Fans say they are a good way to keep in touch with busy friends. But some users are starting to feel 'too' connected, as they grapple with check-in messages at odd hours, higher cellphone bills and the need to tell acquaintances to stop announcing what they're having for dinner."^[2]

U.S. Presidential candidate John Edwards is a Twitter user.

References

^ "We Won!" March 14th, 2007 Twitter Official Blog, retrieved March 16th, 2007
^ "Friends Swap Twitters, and Frustration - New Real-Time Messaging Services Overwhelm Some Users With Mundane Updates From Friends" March 16th, 2007 Wall Street Journal, retrieved March 16th, 2007

External links

Twitter.com
net@night 15 "Interview with Twitter founder Evan Williams", March 2007
"Podcast Interview with Twitter founder Evan Williams", SXSWi 2007
Why Everyone's Talking about Twitter, Time, March 27, 2007
Twittervision, (almost) real-time delivery of random tweets, overlain on a Google map

[1] "We Won!" March 14th, 2007 Twitter Official Blog, retrieved March 16th, 2007

[2] "Friends Swap Twitters, and Frustration - New Real-Time Messaging Services Overwhelm Some Users With Mundane Updates From Friends" March 16th, 2007 Wall Street Journal, retrieved March 16th, 2007

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-'''Twitter''' is a [[social networking]] and [[microblogging]] service that simply encourages members to answer the question: "What are you doing?" It allows users to send "tweets" (updates or posts) via [[SMS]], [[instant messaging]], the [http://www.twitter.com Twitter website] or an application such as [[Twitterrific]]. Users can receive updates from other selected users via the Twitter website, instant messaging, SMS, an application or [[RSS]]. For SMS, currently two gateway numbers are available: one for the [[USA]] and a [[UK]] number for international use.
+'''Twitter''' is a [[social networking]] and micro-[[blogging]] service that allows users to send "updates" (text-based posts, up to 140 characters long) via [[SMS]], [[instant messaging]], the Twitter website or an application such as Twitterrific. These updates are displayed on the user's profile page and also instantly delivered to other users who have signed up to receive them. The sender can restrict delivery to members of his circle of friends, or allow delivery to everybody (which is the default). Users can receive updates via the Twitter website, instant messaging, SMS, [[RSS]], or through an application. For SMS, currently two gateway numbers are available: one for the [[USA]] and a [[UK]] number for international use. While the twitter service itself is free, posting and receiving updates via SMS typically incurs a charge from the wireless carrier.
+Twitter made its debut in March 2006. The Twitter team and won the 2007 [[South by Southwest]] Web Award.<ref>[http://twitter.com/blog/2007/03/we-won.html "We Won!"] March 14th, 2007 Twitter Official Blog, retrieved March 16th, 2007</ref> They gave the following playful acceptance speech: "We'd like to thank you in 140 characters or less. And we just did!"
-It made its debut in March 2006. It is an example of a [[microblogging]] platform.
+With the growing number of new users, Twitter is experiencing numerous challenges related to its growth. The Wall Street Journal wrote "These [social-networking] services elicit mixed feelings in the technology-savvy people who have been their early adopters. Fans say they are a good way to keep in touch with busy friends. But some users are starting to feel 'too' connected, as they grapple with check-in messages at odd hours, higher cellphone bills and the need to tell acquaintances to stop announcing what they're having for dinner."<ref>[http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB117373145818634482-ZwdoPQ0PqPrcFMDHDZLz_P6osnI_20080315.html "Friends Swap Twitters, and Frustration - New Real-Time Messaging Services Overwhelm Some Users With Mundane Updates From Friends"] March 16th, 2007 Wall Street Journal, retrieved March 16th, 2007</ref>
-The Twitter team won the 2007 [[South by Southwest]] Web Award.<ref>[http://twitter.com/blog/2007/03/we-won.html "We Won!"] March 14th, 2007 Twitter Official Blog, retrieved March 16th, 2007</ref> They gave the following playful acceptance speech: "We'd like to thank you in 140 characters or less. And we just did!"
+U.S. Presidential candidate [[John Edwards]] is a Twitter user.
-With the growing number of new users, Twitter is experiencing numerous challenges related to its growth.<ref>[http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB117373145818634482-ZwdoPQ0PqPrcFMDHDZLz_P6osnI_20080315.html "Friends Swap Twitters, and Frustration - New Real-Time Messaging Services Overwhelm Some Users With Mundane Updates From Friends"] March 16th, 2007 Wall Street Journal, retrieved March 16th, 2007</ref> Quoting the Wall Street Journal, "These [social-networking] services elicit mixed feelings in the technology-savvy people who have been their early adopters. Fans say they are a good way to keep in touch with busy friends. But some users are starting to feel 'too' connected, as they grapple with check-in messages at odd hours, higher cellphone bills and the need to tell acquaintances to stop announcing what they're having for dinner."
 == References ==
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+==See also==
+* [[Dodgeball (service)|Dodgeball]], a comparable service by [[Google]]
 == External links ==
-* [http://www.twitter.com Twitter]
+* [http://www.twitter.com Twitter.com]
 * [http://www.twit.tv/natn15 net@night 15 "Interview with Twitter founder Evan Williams", March 2007]
 * [http://techconf.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/03/13/march-07-sxsw-twisted-broadtexter-twitter-and-the-tenth-web-awards "Podcast Interview with Twitter founder Evan Williams", SXSWi 2007]
+* [http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1603637,00.html Why Everyone's Talking about Twitter], ''Time'', March 27, 2007
+* [http://twittervision.com/ Twittervision], (almost) real-time delivery of random tweets, overlain on a Google map
 [[Category:Online social networking]]