A report in the Guardian newspaper this week reports that one in ten web users in the UK now use Twitter. This might not be quite as impressive as the statistics for people joining FaceBook, but Twitter is showing impressive growth; not only in the UK but around the entire world. In fact there are now believed to be 93 million people around the world who use Twitter. It seems to be in Asia that the biggest increase in Twitter accounts is occurring. It should also be remembered that these figures don’t take into account all those people who regularly use Twitter from devices like Tweetdeck.
Twitter is a bit like Marmite; either you love it or hate it. Many people just don’t get and even some famous Twitterers have given up in frustration because they no longer understand what it is all about. How can any meaningful conversations occur when you are only allowed 140 characters? And what’s with all the links? It can sometimes seem like everyone on Twitter is trying to sell something. Despite all this though there is a lot of fun to be had when you get into it. Otherwise why would so many people spend so much time using it?
Personally I have a lot of time for Twitter. It feels a bit more on the edge than Twitter and I like the fact that so many people just don’t get it. In fact it is really pleasing when famous people try to boost their careers by using Twitter, make a mess of it, and then have to admit that they don’t really get it. There is probably no other social media outlet where so many public figures have announced they are no longer going to be using it.
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