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- Twitter is a social networking site that has emerged in recent years and has since grown increasingly popular. Tweets are short messages, exactly 140 characters or shorter, that are displayed on the user's profile page. Tweeters can subscribe to the Tweets of their friends, celebrities, or their favorite stores, becoming followers of those entities. Participants can also follow lists of authors, united by common interests or purposes, rather than being forced to visit each individual page. Tweeting is free, and can be accessed on the Internet, SMS, and smartphone. Twitter now has over 100 million users worldwide. Interestingly, however, a 2009 Harvard study revealed that ten percent of Twitter users account for ninety percent of total Tweets. Furthermore sixty percent of registered Tweeters do not return to their account a month after their registration. The study concluded that it seems that Twitter is better at signing up users than keeping them.
