How can you describe your use of Twitter in 140-characters or less? Today marks 5th birthday of Twitter and the site is still gaining users and breaking records all along the way. Five years ago, the first tweet, “inviting co-workers”, was sent out by co-founder Jack Dorsey and it’s been quite a ride since then.
Many people flocked to Twitter to sign-up and see what the “hub-bub” was all about, without really ever knowing how to even use the site. Much like a Facebook status update, a “tweet” is a short, description of what you have on your mind. Or maybe it’s what you just ate for lunch, a link to a review of a new product or maybe you just wanted to let your “followers” know how your cat was doing today. It can be whatever you want as long the tweet is 140 characters or less.
What has Twitter been up to over the last 5 years? Not only has the site become one of the best places to find up-to-date breaking news, headlines, sports scores, and more, Twitter has also helped when other forms of communication have failed. Is your father a follower of you? You can contact him via Twitter if you are unable to call for instance. Granted, your father might not be into Twitter as much as you are, but at least he can’t say you didn’t try to communicate.
One thing Twitter has still been trying to figure out ways to make money. Don’t be confused, Twitter has plenty of funding from investors, but there has been little return on that money. Do you think Twitter could survive without making money in the long term?
Nonetheless, Twitter has been a large part of our lives for the last 5 years. More and more businesses use it as a way to connect with their customers and many devices are used in connection with Twitter, thus getting more connecting out of each user.
There are plenty of celebs and pro athletes on the Twitter wagon as well. You can search for tweets from 50 Cent, Bob Vila, David Spade, Ice-T and John Cena just to name a few. Pro athletes make news when they tweet and some of them include, Dwight Howard, Steve Nash, Eli Manning or even Shaun White.
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