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| - | Twitter is a micro-blogging platform utilized by | + | Twitter is a micro-blogging platform utilized by 288 million active users a month.<ref>[https://about.twitter.com/company Twitter]</ref> The "tweets" allow users 140 characters per post for optimal mobile readability.<ref>[http://www.adweek.com/socialtimes/twitter-basics-why-140-characters-and-how-to-write-more/442608 Adweek 140 Character Limit]</ref> Twitter, Inc. was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter Wikipedia]</ref> The company created the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hashtag hashtag] with a tweet by Chris Messina in August 2007.<ref>[https://twitter.com/chrismessina/status/223115412 Chris Messina Tweet]</ref> A combination of social networking and news, Twitter's mission is "to give everyone the power to create and share ideas and information instantly, without barriers."<ref>Twitter</ref> |
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Revision as of 16:12, 21 April 2015
Twitter is a micro-blogging platform utilized by 288 million active users a month.[1] The "tweets" allow users 140 characters per post for optimal mobile readability.[2] Twitter, Inc. was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.[3] The company created the hashtag with a tweet by Chris Messina in August 2007.[4] A combination of social networking and news, Twitter's mission is "to give everyone the power to create and share ideas and information instantly, without barriers."[5]
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