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"The What & Why of Twitter" - Social Network Review
One of the primary reasons I decided to embark upon this series of Social Networking Reviews was to help the general ActiveRain membership weed through the endless offering of new networks that seem to pop-up daily, and provide helpful information in order to better determine which ones pose the most potential benefit to their core business. Ultimately, each of us needs to make the final determination ourselves regarding our Internet time investments.
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"140 characters"....That's it.
Think social networking on steroids  ~  Or Instant Messaging with an Attitude  ~  Or even, Micro-Blogging.
I am the first to admit that when I heard of Twitter, I was less than enthusiastic. I mean, seriously, who cares if I'm going to the bathroom, or if I'm sitting in the barber's chair, or eating sushi for dinner. Come on! Get a life, will ya? Sheesh!
 
But when Net-savvy people I trust and respect tell me there's value in something, I can't help but listen to what they're saying.
Twitter is a free social networking and micro-blogging service that allows users to send "updates" (or "tweets"; text-based posts, up to 140 characters long) to the Twitter website, via ... more

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