jackwilson (True Core Lover): Vodafone, O2 [31] and Orange[32] networks. In India, since Twitter only supports tweets from Bharti Airtel,[33] an alternative platform was set up by a user to work on all networks.[ *
06-03-10 - 00:51:24

jackwilson (True Core Lover): Character limit : The 140-character limit on message length was initially set for compatibility with SMS messaging, and has brought to the web the kind of shorthand notation and slang commonly used in SMS messages. The 140 character limit has also spurred the usage of URL shortening services such as bit.ly, goo.gl, and tr.im, and content hosting services, such as Twitpic and NotePub to accommodate multimedia content and text longer than 140 characters. *
06-03-10 - 00:51:48

jackwilson (True Core Lover): Twitter uses bit.ly for automatically shortening all URLs posted on its website. *
06-03-10 - 00:52:01

jackwilson (True Core Lover): Technology author Steven Johnson describes the basic mechanics of Twitter as "remarkably simple:"[36] *
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jackwilson (True Core Lover): As a social network, Twitter revolves around the principle of followers. When you choose to follow another Twitter user, that user's tweets appear in reverse chronological order on your main Twitter page. If you follow 20 people, you'll see a mix of tweets scrolling down the page: breakfast-cereal updates, interesting new links, music recommendations, even musings on the future of education. *
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