Twitter

Twitter is a social network that allows users to send and receive short messages , called tweets. Tweets can be up to 140 characters long. You can send tweets 1)_____ your computer or even from your mobile phone. While some social networking services like Facebook or MySpace 2)_____ more complicated Twitter is fairly simple to use. To send or receive messages you just have to create an account on Twitter. You can only send text to twitter, images are not allowed. Twitter users can follow what other people post. It makes you feel a part of someone else’s life . People all over the world talk 3)_____ all kinds 4)____ topics . In most cases Twitter is made up of many small groups of people. Sometimes only they can follow each other’s movements. You could post “Hey, I’m going 5)____ the pub” , and all of your friends could read 6)____ at once . Your messages on Twitter can 7)____ private, meaning only your friends can read them or you could make them public , meaning they can be seen by everyone. Twitter is used for many things. You can post an upcoming event , organize group conversations or just tell the world what you’re doing 8)____ the moment. You can also use twitter instead of sending many SMS’s 9)____ different people . Just post your messages on Twitter and everyone else can see them. Many people update their Twitter status very often, sometimes even a couple of times an hour. Recently , Twitter has also been used 10)____ business . Companies use twitter 11)____ inform people 12)_____ new products or just to post something that is 13)_____ sale . Twitter has become very popular . Since 14)_____ birth in 2006 over one hundred million people around 15)_____ world have been using it regularly .