[Amazing] 25 Interesting Tidbits About Twitter And Tweeting
Twitter has become so popular these days that its almost impossible to avoid it. In fact, next to Facebook, there are few things that have changed the world so much in the last decade. Everything from local news stories to reporting from the front lines of battlefields, Twitter has played a role. It was the primary means for people to communicate and helped catalyze revolutions all across Africa and the Middle East during the Arab Spring. In some countries it is the best means to get first hand news and an understanding of how things look “on the ground”. This is especially true in places where the media is repressed or there is heavy censorship in place. Of course, Twitter has been abused for negative purposes just as much as it has been used for good. From cyber bullying to terrorism, Twitter has played a major role in the way our world has been shaped. Even if you’re not on Twitter, it’s hard to read a major news story these days without at least one screenshot of some sort of tweet. So, whether you are a Twitter fanatic, or just your average Joe, these are 25 interesting tidbits about Twitter and Tweeting.
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Friendstalker was one of the early names considered for Twitter
Source: wikipedia
Justin Bieber has more Twitter followers than the entire population of Spain
Source: wikipedia, Image: wikipedia
The CIA reads nearly 5 million tweets everyday
Source: reddit, Image: wikipedia
Twitter bought Vine for $30 million a few months before the app even came out
Source: wikipedia, Image: wikipedia
Nearly 30% of Twitter accounts are in the United States
Source: wikipedia, Image: wikipedia
According to the Vatican, following the Pope on Twitter can reduce your time in pergatory
Source: wikipedia, Image: wikipedia
@RealTimeWWII narrates World War II in real time (as you may have guessed)
Source: wikipedia, Image: wikipedia
Every single tweet is archived by the Library of Congress
Source: wikipedia, Image: wikipedia
The FBI has a twitter slang dictionary
Source: wikipedia, Image: wikipedia
In 2011, the US government (USAID) created a clone of Twitter for Cubans to get around the Cuban governments crackdown on information
Source: wikipedia, Image: wikipedia
347,000 tweets are sent every minute
Source: twitter.com, Image: wikipedia
In 2011, users tweet the equivalent of over 8,000 copies of the book War and Peace every single day
Source: livescience.com, Image: wikipedia
One day worth of Twitter posts could fill a 10 million page book (200 million tweets)
Source: wikipedia, Image: wikipedia
90% of people with internet access don't use Twitter
Source: forbes.com, Image: pixabay
Along with Facebook and the New York Times, Twitter has been blocked in China since 2009
Source: wikipedia, Image: wikipedia
83% of world leaders have a twitter account
Source: wikipedia, Image: wikipedia
According to a recent study at Chicago University, researchers found that Tweeting is more addictive than cigarettes or alcohol
Source: wikipedia, Image: wikipedia
In 2013, a fake tweet by the Associated Press account about explosions at the White House caused the stock market to drop 1% and wipe out nearly $130 billion.
Source: wikipedia
The Twitter bird is called Larry
Source: huffintonpost.com, Image: pixabay
44% of users registered on Twitter have never sent a tweet
Source: wikipedia
Nearly 50% of Twitter accounts are fake
Source: bbc
Barack Obama has more followers on Twitter than any other world leader (over 70 million)
Source: wikipedia, Image: wikipedia
When the death of Michael Jackson hit headlines, his name was mentioned on Twitter at a rate of 5,000 tweets per minute
Source: wikipedia, Image: wikipedia
The average Twitter user has tweeted 307 times
Source: twitter.com, Image: mkhmarketing via Flickr
Sweden chooses a random citizen every week to manage its @Sweden twitter account
Source: wikipedia, Image: wikipedia
