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“Twitter has seen an extraordinary increase in the
number of tweets, brief posts of 140 characters. That’s right, an
absurd constraint, with no pictures, video, or audio. Nevertheless,
these short messages seems to bring out the best in humour,
understanding, and observation, with tweets often sticking to the
facts. 25 billion tweets were made in the past year alone using
this text message service by over 100 million people around the
world!“Most of these posts are made by ordinary folk. The majority of
tweets may be seen as noise, mere random thoughts that have little
real significance. However, there are many smart and professional
people who are using Twitter intelligently. Many celebrities have
also taken up the mantle. Our particular favorite celeb-tweeters
include Jonathan Ross (television and radio presenter), Stephen Fry
(actor, writer, television presenter, journalist, comedian, and
film director), Lance Armstrong (road racing cyclist), and Rick
Sanchez (a former TV news anchor).“Tweet talking is also important in terms of marketing and
communication, business networking, offering breaking news and
getting scoops. It can also help to alleviate the information
overload from email, social bookmarking, RSS readers, and instant
messages.”