Twitter

Twitter is a short messaging and microblogging platform launched in San Francisco in March 2006, which allows its users to transmit dispatches of up to 280 characters. Many organizations now use Twitter as a public relations and publicity tool. The @ sign is used to direct communication at particular account users. As of late 2018, Twitter had 321 million users who are active on the platform every month with an [Page 1802]estimated 500 million tweets sent each day. About 78% of Twitter users are based outside the United States. Twitter supports more than 35 languages.

Twitter is not only used for sharing information but also as an event-organizing tool to connect friends in different geographic locations and sometimes to fulfill narcissistic inclinations. In some cases, Twitter ...