Tuesday 15 October 2013

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Twitter's Popularity Flying Sky High?

With the number of Twitter accounts growing, will the world of internet become the world of Twitter?


Giving daily updates on your day seems to be the new craze.
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The world of social networking is expanding rapidly, and looking closely at the fashion of the internet, Facebook seems to be pushed aside with the uprising reputation of Twitter. With an incredible number of 100 million twitter users, fifty percent of these twitter users actively log on and use Twitter every day. Founders of Twitter, Jack Dorsey, Evan Williams, Biz Stone and Noah Glass released Twitter in 2006, has profited £92,408 from records of last year, with the pound numbers rising drastically every year.

Twitter allows members of the public to post 140-character updates to their micro-blog. These posts, which are called "Tweets" appear on the timeline of the people who follow you. Unlike Facebook, you do not need to accept a friend request, or a 'follow' in Twitter's case. This is because Twitter is less private, and daily updates are usually made on the Twitter account, such as tweets and retweets (tweets reblogged onto your own Twitter account).



Sources: Collier, S (16/07/12) 20 illuminating facts about Twitter: 2012 edition article on PR Daily http://www.prdaily.com/Main/Articles/20_illuminating_facts_about_Twitter_2012_edition_12138.aspx#  [accessed 11/07/13]

Bevan, K (06/03/08) article for The Guardian Why are there no spam or trolls on Twitter?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/mar/06/socialnetworking.spam [11/07/13]

Bowers, S  (05/07/13) Twitter UK reports retained profits of less than £100,000  Guardian article http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2013/jul/05/twitter-uk-report-retained-profits [11/07/13]
Twitter, which is tipped for an $11bn (£7.3bn) stock market flotation in New York, has filed small company accounts in Britain, reporting retained profits last year of just £92,408.
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  1. Unknown18 October 2013 at 11:44

    Rachel - a good attempt at integrating information from your sources. i like the through-line of the way Twitter is coming to dominate. Consider who your audience is carefully. What do/don't/might they know and what order do you need to put information in to build on that knowledge? You made £92000 sound like a lot, whereas it is a tiny amount for a company of its worth, so be careful to read sources and understand them: "just £92,408" and "small company accounts" are pre-modifiers that point you in the right direction. Good use of the conventions of the text, especially the headline and caption - the headline key words are not capitalised in the style model, though.

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