What is Twitter?

Twitter (Twitter) is an American social network and Weibo service company dedicated to public dialogue.

Twitter allows users to update messages with no more than 140 characters (except Chinese, Japanese and Korean, the upper limit has been raised to 280 characters). These messages are also called "Tweet", and Twitter is described as "the short message service of the Internet". This service was co-founded by Jack Dorsey and his partners in March 2006 and started operation in July of that year.

The development of Twitter:

2065438+On March 27th, 2008, Twitter announced that it would ban digital cryptocurrency advertisements on its platform.

2065438+July 2009, Twitter announced the establishment of ArtHouse department, which integrates a large number of high-quality online celebrity original resources, digital content production capabilities and brand live broadcast services to help brand advertisers acquire consumers in a creative way.

On February 6, 2020, the net profit of Twitter (TWTR). Us) in 2065438+2009, it was14.7 million USD, up by 2 1.49% year-on-year.

The role of Twitter:

Twitter represents the trend of postmodernism, that is, decentralized news dissemination. It promotes the democratization of network information, and the bottom-up information dissemination mode has become a means for people to express their own needs and a driving force for social change.

In addition, because its information comes from individuals, it is more efficient and direct than traditional media. It has also become a social hotspot and a public event, covering entertainment, politics, disasters and other aspects. Apart from Google, it is undoubtedly the most public service on the Internet.