Twitter mania has swept the globe recently in a big way. For those who do not know much about social networking, they may be wondering why it has become so popular. This article details five introductory points about Twitter – and why you should be using it.

It is so easy

It is really simple to create an account on Twitter – all you need to do to sign up is to enter your email address, full name and a password.

As soon as you have created an account you can start ‘tweeting’ – or updating your status. Tweets have a limit of 140 characters so you have to keep them short and sweet.

Twitter is handy on the go

You can use Twitter wherever you are, thanks to the fact that you can use it from your mobile phone. With the iPhone app, or just through texting, you send tweets or even photos to your Twitter account, sharing information with people quickly and easily.

You can share information quickly

When a message needs to be spread to a lot of people very quickly, Twitter can be a very useful tool. You have the ability to ‘retweet’ a message which means that you post it on your own Twitter account so that other people can see it. This means that information can spread amongst the Twitter network very fast.

Twitter is smart

Tweets can be associated to themes or ideas thanks to hashtags. When you place a ‘#’ in front of a word or phrase in your tweet, it is connected to that idea. Users can then search particular themes and see what people are saying about them.

Twitter is entertaining

Most importantly, Twitter can be a lot of fun – whether you follow your favourite celebrities to see what they are up to, or just find some people who tweet interesting things, you will never be bored!

Evidently there are lots of great things about Twitter – from the fact that you can use it easily and on the move, to the way that it is fun and can compile information in an interesting manner.

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