Some Things You Didn’t Know About Twitter
Simple and powerful, Twitter is a free tool that the higher education world should be utilizing. In fact, back in March 2009, Nielsen Online reported that Twitter surpassed Facebook as the fastest-growing social networking site… ever. Of course, there is a common misconception that it is just a site for pushing breaking news about what’s happening on your campus, but it’s actually a community where relationships can be formed between students, alumni, faculty, and staff. While some schools on Twitter do “get it,” the vast majority of colleges and universities are still struggling with Twitter conversation etiquette and getting past the news pushing component of participating in the “Twitterverse.”
Here are some fun Twitter facts that you might not have known:
First person to join Twitter: Jack Dorsey (founder)
Initial income of Twitter as a company: $1,000,000,000 in revenue within the first 3 years
Frequency of tweets: 750 tweets per second
Origin of the name: Inspired by the fact the short codes being use in America are 5 characters
Twitter’s launch: The Beta test version of Twitter was launched on the birthday of CEO, Even Williams
Men vs. women: Women constitute over 55% of the Twitter users, where men lie in an area of 45%
Via: www.bitrebels.com
