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Twitter history

• Twitter was created in March 2006 by Jack Dorsey, Evan Williams, Biz Stone and Noah Glass.

• The site was launched in July 2006. • In 2013 Twitter was one of the ten most visited websites • Twitter is also known as the SMS of the internet.

• Most popular social sites are: Facebook and Youtube.

http://twitter.about.com/od/Twitter-Basics/a/The-Real-History-Of-Twitter-In-Brief.htm

Some interesting Social Stats

• Facebook is the most popular social network and the third most visited site in Australia. It’s estimated that around 40% of the population (nine million people) check Facebook daily, with more than 7.3 million checking on mobile.

• Twitter is the 15th most visited website in Australia. It only opened its Sydney HQ in September 2013.

• In the US Twitter is ranked 2nd after Facebook with Linkedin following 3rd.

• Australia is known as one of the biggest users of social media in the world.

Engagement

“Far away” VS “close to home”

Messages

#Hashtags

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