In this article, the discussion of how Twitter was a main news source for events like the Egyptian Revolution. Twitter has definitely come a long way since it’s time of being useless updates of someone’s life. It is now used for way more important information.
This article describes Twitter as being the main outlet for the people of Egypt to know what was going on in their own country due to laws banning them from finding out elsewhere. You would think that the people spreading the big news or updates would be organizations, but they weren’t. A lot of the news were coming from in from the organizations, but it was the individual accounts that made them reach so many people.
Nowadays, teenagers, young adults, and even educated adults look to Twitter for their daily news and updates. Most companies have also turned to Twitter to market their products or announce events. Twitter, having such a simple concept, has blown up to be this game-changing service. It will be interesting to see how it evolves and how it’s users will evolve with it.
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