[kendra k]

is anybody else on here using twitter? i'm curious.

[S4B]

Nope

[foot-loose]

I'd never heard of it...

Twitter is a free social networking and micro-blogging service that allows users to send "updates" (text-based posts, up to 140 characters long) to the Twitter website, via short message service, instant messaging, email, or an application such as Twitterrific. Twitter was founded in March 2006 by San Francisco start-up company Obvious Corp.

Updates are displayed on the user's profile page and instantly delivered to other users who have signed up to receive them. The sender can restrict delivery to those in his or her circle of friends (delivery to everyone is the default). Users can receive updates via the Twitter website, instant messaging, SMS, RSS, email or through an application. For SMS, currently three gateway numbers are available: short codes for the USA and Canada and a UK number for international use. Several third parties offer posting and receiving updates via email.

Due to Twitter's success, a large number of sites imitating its concept have sprung up around the world, offering country-specific services (e.g. frazr) or combining the micro-blogging facilities with other ideas, such as filesharing (e.g. Pownce). In May, 2007, one source counted as many as 111 such "Twitter-lookalikes" internationally.[2]

Nope, never used it. Might be a mainly American thing.

[kendra k]

i think it's mainly a geek thing. half my twitter friends are brits, but they're also bigger nerds.

[Sunny So Cal]

Never heard of it. Am American but apparently missing the compulsory trait of geek/nerd. Don't feel as if I'm missing out on too much in this instance