Sri Lanka, July 5 -- Keep tabs on the latest happenings in the country, voice your opinion on a controversial topic, get to know where the tit bits on where the latest UFO was sighted or find out what Kareena Kapoor thinks of Priyanka Chopra.
All this and many more is available if you tweet your way through Twitter, a social networking and microblogging site which enables users to send and read messages.
Though it is not as popular as Facebook among Sri Lankan internet user, Twitter had now become an emerging champion.
The public are becoming more interested and curious about this social network.
While Facebook appeals to people hoping to keep contact with family and friends Twitter's objective is based on updating about yourself or the incidents around you. A Twitter account holder will be able to update facts about him or herself in Twitter in 140 characters.
That is the maximum that the site allows you to tweet per update. These updates are referred to as 'tweets'.
Unlike Facebook, Twitter does not contain many features.
There is a field where you have to answer to the simple question "What's happening" to update your account.
If you have a Twitter account you can follow other people's tweets as well as note who are following yours. The 'Following' area displays the profile tweets that you follow and 'followers' refer to the area which displays those who follow your tweets.
The moment you update, a notification is sent to your e mail. Now the notifications have reached your phone too via SMSs.
Twitter is also known as a fine blogging system because it allows you to connect with the world in an instant. Founded by Jack Dorsey, Twitter was introduced in July 2006. Since then it has expanded to many area around the world.
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