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TWITTER

History of Twitter

• Twitter is an online social networking service that enables users to send and read short 140-character messages called "tweets". Twitter was launched in 2006 and has, as of May 2015, more than 500 million users, out of which more than 302 million are active users.
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Conventions of Twitter

• Hashtags are used to link together seperate tweets about the same topic and can be used as an indication towards a trending subject
• “owl.li/6Mq1Q” is a URL shortened by the application Hootsuite. Many other URL shorteners exist (e.g., bit.ly, TinyURL, etc.) but only those generated within Hootsuite can be tracked by the application.
• “@HootSuite_U” is a reference to a Twitter handle/username for Hootsuite training
• “ft” was simply their way of shortening the word “featuring”. Remember that you only have 140 characters so you need to choose your words carefully.
• A word of caution: Inserting hashtags and known usernames is a great way to get your tweets seen; just remember that there comes a point where too many of these things makes your tweet difficult to read. The above example comes very close to crossing that fine line.