what the heck is twitter?

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okay so i have absolutely no idea what twitter is! i hear it all the time and i even signed up for and account but i have no idea what you are supoosed to do!!!! help!!

[redgator]

that's just sad.

[emilyskank.]

just post whats going on in your life.

"i went to the movies today."

"time for bed,no school tomorrow.!"
blah blah.
basically people are keeping up with your life.

[ICE]

Twitter is a free social networking and micro-blogging service that enables its users to send and read each others' updates, known as tweets. Tweets are text-based posts of up to 140 characters, displayed on the author's profile page and delivered to other users - known as followers - who have subscribed to them. Senders can restrict delivery to those in their circle of friends or, by default, allow open access. Users can send and receive tweets via the Twitter website, Short Message Service (SMS) or external applications. The service is free over the Internet, but using SMS may incur phone service provider fees.

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For you and me, Twitter is a fun way to procrastinate. But for Silicon Valley's chattering classes, the microblogging company has emerged as something much more—the next Google, the next Facebook, or maybe some unbeatable combination of the two. "It's time to start thinking of Twitter as a search engine," TechCrunch's Michael Arrington declared this week, joining a chorus that includes John Battelle, the San Jose Mercury News, and some of Twitter's venture funders. By collecting millions of peoples' immediate thoughts, Twitter is building the Web's best database of "real time" information, these people argue. And that collection might be very valuable—when people want to know what's going on in the world right now, they'll increasingly check Twitter, not Google.

[Jessica]

its sorta like myspace.. you know a diary of your day.

[wideheart446]

you're suppose to tell every one, "What are you doing?" and then every body you know with it, tells you what they're doing.

[Chrissy]

Basically, you are supposed to type in what you are doing.

Like, if I am on the computer, I could put:

Surfin the web.

Then, you are supposed to find friends, and follow them.

Their updates will show up on your page, and you can see what they are doing.

In return, they will follow you, and they will see what you are doing.

Oh, and you can send direct messages to people.

I just use it if I get really bored, and I put totally random stuff on it.

[Rita [♥]]

You just get on and type in a status saying what you're doing and you can read what other people are doing. If you have friends that you don't see too much, it's another way to keep up with what's going on with their lives.

[Jose C]

Twitter is basically a social network site which you can post Updates of what you are doing each day. At the top there is a text box with the question "What are you doing?" In Twitter you can also "Follow" people. That means that you to to people's profiles on Twitter, and when you press "Follow" that means on your twitter "Home" page, you can see what the people that you are "following" are saying. People can also follow you, too! So, it's all about staying up-to-date with your friends updates. A lot of celebrities are also on Twitter so it's cool to follow them! This is my daughter's Twitter page if you want to see how it looks, and stuff: http://twitter.com/musicalchica1 And I'm sure she will be happy if you follow her! :]