Tweet It!: Twitter Projects for the Real World

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What Is Twitter You're at a family dinner when your dad tells a funny joke Everyone is laughing and having a blast Your brother decides to share the joke with his friends He logs in to Twitter and writes a tweet about the joke Instantly your brother's Twitter followers are in on the joke Many retweet it to their followers Soon your dad's silly joke is being spread around the Internet This is the power of Twitter Twitter is a content sharing website and app Users post status updates of 140 characters or less These posts are called tweets and are meant to be short Some social media users find longer posts on other sites to be overwhelming Twitter users share brief bits of information quickly They can also include photos videos and article links in their tweets