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==Twitter Phenom==
 
==Twitter Phenom==
 
The site is such a popular destination that new news articles about Twitter appear daily. First for FBI arrests,  Daniel Knight Hayden, 52 had Twittered that he would massacre hundreds attending an Oklahoma City [[Tax Day Tea Party]]. <ref>[http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10227769-93.html?tag=newsEditorsPicksArea.0 FBI accuses Twitter user of massacre threats] CNet, April 26, 2009</ref>
 
The site is such a popular destination that new news articles about Twitter appear daily. First for FBI arrests,  Daniel Knight Hayden, 52 had Twittered that he would massacre hundreds attending an Oklahoma City [[Tax Day Tea Party]]. <ref>[http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10227769-93.html?tag=newsEditorsPicksArea.0 FBI accuses Twitter user of massacre threats] CNet, April 26, 2009</ref>
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==Prominence==
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Republicans dominate the social networking site. Republicans occupy 18 of the top 20 spots in terms of followers on Twitter. <ref>[http://newsbusters.org/blogs/lachlan-markay/2010/01/14/study-twitter-republicans-dominate-dems Study: On Twitter, Republicans Dominate Dems, NewsBusters.org, January 14, 2010]</ref> This has ushered a markedly different trend to Democrats who for years have outmatched its opponents online.
    
==Members of Congress that have Twitter accounts==  
 
==Members of Congress that have Twitter accounts==  
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