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Twitter Facts on Michael Jackson Death
Twitter, a new way to broadcast your news to the world. After the blog era, now is the time for social network that focusing on status updates. Twitter that was developed by Jack Dorsey in 2006, that serves as a free social networking and micro-blogging service that enables its users to send and read each others’ updates, known as tweets. Tweets are text-based posts of up to 140 characters, displayed on the author’s profile page and delivered to other users – known as followers – who have subscribed to them. Senders can restrict delivery to those in their circle of friends or, by default, allow open access. Users can send and receive tweets via the Twitter website, Short Message Service (SMS) or external applications.
Recent event that shocking the world and shocking twitter also is Michael Jackson death this week. AC Nielsen Co. said that 16 per cent of Twitter messages over the past 24 hours referenced Jackson, less than two per cent of “tweets” mentioned Fawcett and the Iranian election, which had held the top spot for two weeks.
This celebrity death event is the second remarkable event that shocks internet after the Lady Diana death. With the popularity of the micro blogging service like Twitter, this Michael Jackson death had proved that Twitter play a major roles in information buzz and opinion making through out the world.