Comments on: Can You Explain Twitter in 140 Characters or Less?

By: KT Iversen

KT Iversen — Sat, 02 Apr 2011 01:36:29 +0000

Just imagine if Napoleon had know about the Russian plan to evacuate Moscow before the arrival of the Grande Armee. Today he would!

By: Sarah

Sarah — Mon, 11 May 2009 15:24:00 +0000

Or should we say Twitter is talking out loud?

By: Len Edgerly

Len Edgerly — Sun, 10 May 2009 01:12:25 +0000

Twitter is listening out loud.

By: nobi

nobi — Wed, 06 May 2009 05:35:46 +0000

if u use twitter, you can read news, msgs and your friends’ whereabouts all in one place + real time in a manner that won’t overwhelm you.

By: Neal Schaffer

Neal Schaffer — Wed, 06 May 2009 05:19:25 +0000

Twitter is a dynamic social orgy of ideas & communication occurring in real time.

By: Andrew G.R.

Andrew G.R. — Tue, 05 May 2009 19:25:53 +0000

I love how everyone sees Twitter through their own prism. Very interesting stuff!

By: ALex

ALex — Tue, 05 May 2009 16:14:52 +0000

Twitter is public text messaging.

By: Darnell Clayton

Darnell Clayton — Tue, 05 May 2009 16:09:35 +0000

Forget explaining Twitter in words! Current TV did an excellent video which enlightens everyone that I show to what Twitter is about.

By: Amílcar Tavares

Amílcar Tavares — Tue, 05 May 2009 15:38:07 +0000

Imagine an IM service that send messages to everyone connected, or not, with you.

By: Fitzroy

Fitzroy — Tue, 05 May 2009 15:32:22 +0000

Twitter is the first web application platform that runs primarily on ADHD.
http://twitter.com/fitzroy/statuses/1514721069

By: ElizabethRoss

ElizabethRoss — Tue, 05 May 2009 15:03:57 +0000

information junkies’ heaven where those with the info can pass it along to millions at a time and where news becomes old in minutes not days

By: Ari Herzog

Ari Herzog — Tue, 05 May 2009 14:50:10 +0000

Is 137 characters OK?

“It is part text messaging and part blogging, with the ability to update on your cellphone or computer, but constrained to 140 characters.”

I told this to *MY* barber recently–and later blogged about the experience: http://ariwriter.com/2009/03/how-to-simply-explain-twitter/

By: bob hoffman

bob hoffman — Tue, 05 May 2009 13:40:48 +0000

It’s how the narcissistic keep in touch with the feckless.

By: Tumblemoose

Tumblemoose — Tue, 05 May 2009 13:23:45 +0000

Cocktail party. Meet and hang with interesting people, ignore the others

By: Adam Singer

Adam Singer — Tue, 05 May 2009 13:22:15 +0000

Here are 140 of them: http://thefuturebuzz.com/2009/04/09/140-insights-from-twitter/ ;)

By: Rarst

Rarst — Tue, 05 May 2009 12:21:30 +0000

Public online SMS (that can be searched as well).

By: Gareth

Gareth — Tue, 05 May 2009 09:25:47 +0000

it’s like watching txt messages sent between every person you know and everyone can see yours

By: mkellner

mkellner — Tue, 05 May 2009 09:23:21 +0000

IM for the ADD generation

By: Leah A. Zeldes

Leah A. Zeldes — Tue, 05 May 2009 09:16:53 +0000

Twitter is the ham radio of the 21st century.

By: BadCat

BadCat — Tue, 05 May 2009 05:26:48 +0000

Hmm.. If I DM you can I get 280 chars? ;-)

By: Michael Harman

Michael Harman — Tue, 05 May 2009 04:46:05 +0000

My Id is mchgun

As “texting is to cell phones, “Twittering is to Twitter or Twixting is to Twitter…

By: Joshua Dorkin: TimeforBlogging

Joshua Dorkin: TimeforBlogging — Tue, 05 May 2009 03:43:33 +0000

People telling other people what they are doing at any minute. People stalking people. Social phenomenon. The hot thing! Oprah vs. Ashton.

By: MartinSS

MartinSS — Tue, 05 May 2009 02:12:04 +0000

People talking about what they want, when they want, while listening to what interests them, what friends say and what’s directed at them

By: Michael

Michael — Tue, 05 May 2009 01:46:36 +0000

var i = new cell(); var u = i.getTxtmsg(); if (u == true) { alert(“Tweet!”); }

By: GoingLikeSixty

GoingLikeSixty — Tue, 05 May 2009 01:46:22 +0000

Now, you explain a telephone to me in 140 characters.