Facebook and Twitter
By: Kelsey and Chris
What is Facebook? What is Twitter?
Twitter is like Facebook. Twitter is used for news, conversation, pass along pointless conversation and of course, telling people what you’re doing. It helps you connect and share with people in your lives, using 140 characters, also known as tweets.
The History
Twitter's history was created in March 2006 by a man named Jack Dorsey. In July, it was launched. The social networking site soon gained popularity.
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FACEBOOK & TWITTER
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Why are they both SO popular?
Twitter is popular because its easy to use, multiple applications, the website and you can follow and/or be followed by important people as well.
FUN FACTS ABOUT FACBOOK
- 1 in 7 people on Earth is on Facebook
- over 8 million people have a facebook
- if facebook was a country, it would be the 3rd most populated
FUN FACTS ABOUT TWITTER
- 5 million total users on twitter
- today, it only takes a week for users to tweet a billion tweets
- in 2012, there was almost a million accounts added everyday
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