By: Taylor Herring
Is Twitter soon to be the new Facebook? Experts say that it is. Twitter is a social networking system through which its users send messages about what is going on in their lives. Users are able to restrict their “tweets,” or messages, to only their followers, although the default option leaves the user’s profile open to the public. Twitter is widely used through cell phones, as well. Tweets are restricted to 140 characters, to correspond with mobile phone text limitation.
Many people choose not to use Twitter because they aren’t sure what to tweet. Well, Twitter provides a list of “trending topics” of the day to let people know what everyone else is tweeting about.
The most appealing aspect of Twitter is the ability to follow celebrity tweets. Since most celebrities now have a profile on Twitter, it gives an average person the feeling of being “in the know” about what is going on in Hollywood. To distinguish between an actual celebrity and a fraud, simply look in the corner for the Twitter “Verified Account” seal.
Whether you are using Twitter to follow tweets of famous people or to simply update friends about what you’re doing, it is a very useful networking site. At the rate it is growing now, Twitter will only continue to become more popular. So go ahead and join the trend, tweethearts!
