What+is+Twitter?

= WHAT IS TWITTER? = 


· Twitter is a social networking and micro-blogging service that lets users send 140 character messages, called “tweets,” to the website. Tweets are mainly utilized in telling the world what you are doing at the moment, similar to statuses on other social networking sites, like [|Myspace]  of [|Facebook] .
 * GENERAL OVERVIEW **

· “Tweets” are delivered to a user’s “followers,” who are other Twitter users who subscribe to your updates. You can receive updates as well by following your friends. More information is located in Following Others on Twitter 

· You can send and receive tweets via SMS, or text messages, on your cellular device. More information is located in Subscribing to Twitter via SMS 

· **This is a ****FREE **** social networking site. THAT MEANS YOU PAY ****NOTHING ****<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">.



This is the Twitter icon! to redirect to the Twitter website, click [|here]. ** Go to Technology Behind Twitter to learn more about what kind of software Twitter runs on.