Why when you use twitter is it called tweeting and not twitting?

[11B3X]

When you use something called twitter you are twitting if you want to tweet then you would use tweeter.

[Shae]

just think about it do that really sound rite look up what a twit is why would u be twitting ? plus a bird say tweet not twit

[defiorephoto]

There are a few reasons. First, to twitter is something that happens when a lot of birds begin tweeting at once. A collective form of tweet, if you will. So each individual broadcast is a tweet. Also, twit is altrady taken in the noun form as a derogatory, so to call it twitting would not be good PR. Finally, they woudln't call the website "tweeter" since that's the term for a small speaker for high frequencies.

[Sarv]

Twitting is generally not used.
The word are tweeting, tweets etc.

More info on twitter:
http://twittercollection.blogspot.com/

[Bhups]

The word Twitter came from verb 'Tweet', so for obvious reasons when you use Twitter, you are Tweeting