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[[File:Twitter logo.jpg|right|160px]]
[[File:Twitter logo.jpg|right|160px]]
'''Twitter, Inc.''' is considered a social networking, micro-[[blog]] [[website]] co-founded by [[Jack Dorsey]]. ''Twitter'' is a privately funded startup established in [[San Francisco]], March 21, 2006. <ref>[http://mashable.com/2009/03/21/happy-birthday-twitter/ Happy Birthday Twitter!] Mashable</ref> As a simple messaging tool, the website states:
'''Twitter, Inc.''' is a social networking tool, free microblogging [[website]] co-founded by [[Jack Dorsey]]. ''Twitter'' is a privately funded startup established by Obvious.com in [[San Francisco]], March 21, 2006. <ref>[http://mashable.com/2009/03/21/happy-birthday-twitter/ Happy Birthday Twitter!] Mashable</ref> <ref>[http://cellphones.about.com/od/textmessaging/a/twittertexting.htm Twitter: Free Microblogging Service Perhaps the Perfect Mobile Blogging Tool, About.com, August 16, 2008]</ref> Twitter is a new kind of technology that uses multiple methods of communication to help keep you in touch with people to find out what's happening right now. More than half of all Twitter users connect with the service via their cell phones. As a simple messaging tool, the website states:
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They are a fast growing company with over 14 million registered users worldwide. <ref>[http://www.socialtimes.com/2009/04/twitter-14-million/ Twitter Roars Past 14 Million U.S. Users] SocialTimes.com, April 7, 2009</ref>Currently, they are a money losing operation <ref>[http://twitter.com/about#about ''About Twitter]</ref> but have an enormous market capitalization, over one billion dollars.
{{cquote|Twitter asks one question, "What are you doing?" Answers must be under 140 characters in length and can be sent via mobile texting, instant message, or the web. The result of using Twitter to stay connected with friends, relatives, and coworkers is that you have a sense of what folks are up to but you are not expected to respond to any updates unless you want to.}}
They are a fast growing company with over 40 million registered users worldwide as of 2009. <ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/01/20/microsoft-founder-gates-joins-twitter-revolution/?test=latestnews Gates Joins Twitter Revolution, Fox News, January 20, 2010]</ref> Currently, they are a money losing operation <ref>[http://twitter.com/about#about ''About Twitter]</ref> but have an enormous market capitalization over one billion dollars. Twitter has rejected takeover offers worth hundreds of millions of dollars from [[Google]] and [[Facebook]]. Many celebrities and national sports figures use the popular service and anybody can follow their messages- called tweets. As of 2009, the major search engines integrated tweets into the search results.
==About The CEO==
==About The CEO==
==Prominence==
==Prominence==
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> The study, "Twongress: The Power of Twitter in Congress," <ref>[http://www.eyeonfda.com/files/twongress-white-paper-final-1-14-10.pdf Twongress: The Power of Twitter in Congress (PDF), Eyeonfda.com, January 2010]</ref> showed twice as many Republicans use Twitter even though there are far fewer Republicans in Congress. ''"Republican (members of Congress) are outpacing their Democratic rivals in nearly every single category that was measured"'' <ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/01/15/republicans-gain-twitter-edge-democrats-study/?test=latestnews Republicans Gain the Twitter Edge on Democrats, Study Shows, Fox News, January 15, 2010]</ref> This has ushered a markedly different trend to Democrats who for years have outmatched its opponents online.
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> The study, "Twongress: The Power of Twitter in Congress," <ref>[http://www.eyeonfda.com/files/twongress-white-paper-final-1-14-10.pdf Twongress: The Power of Twitter in Congress (PDF), Eyeonfda.com, January 2010]</ref> showed twice as many Republicans use Twitter even though there are far fewer Republicans in Congress. ''"Republican (members of Congress) are outpacing their Democratic rivals in nearly every single category that was measured"'' <ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/01/15/republicans-gain-twitter-edge-democrats-study/?test=latestnews Republicans Gain the Twitter Edge on Democrats, Study Shows, Fox News, January 15, 2010]</ref> This has ushered a markedly different trend to Democrats who for years have outmatched its opponents online.
==Iranian Protesters==
Iranian protesters angered by the results of [[Iran]]'s disputed presidential election started to tweet marches on the government. This forced the Islamic Republic to block all cell phone messaging in June 2009. At the request of the U.S. State Department, they asked Twitter to delay scheduled maintenance to allow tweets from Iranians.
In a separate incident, a group calling itself Iranian Cyber Army hacked into Twitter and defaced their homepage. They replaced the page with a bold pro-Iranian and anti-American message. <ref>[http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/12/18/twitter-dns-attack-iran/ Twitter Hack: Part Of Broader Iranian Strategy, Techcrunch.com, December 18, 2009]</ref>
==Members of Congress that have Twitter accounts==
==Members of Congress that have Twitter accounts==
<ref>[http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Members_of_Congress_who_Twitter Members of Congress who Twitter] Source Watch Encyclopedia</ref>
<ref>[http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Members_of_Congress_who_Twitter Members of Congress who Twitter] Source Watch Encyclopedia</ref>
===U.S. Senate===
===U.S. Senate===
[[Barbara Boxer]] (D-Calif.)
[[Barbara Boxer]] (D-Calif.)