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Twitter office space (Photo by Jennifer Woodard Maderazo).

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. ^[1] As a simple messaging tool, the website states:

"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 14 million registered users worldwide. ^[2]Currently, they are a money losing operation ^[3] but have an enormous market capitalization, over one billion dollars.

About The CEO

Evan Williams, a Jack Dorsey's partner, started the website Blogger, which he sold to Google.

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. ^[4]

Members of Congress that have Twitter accounts

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U.S. Senate

Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) Susan Collins (R-Maine) John Cornyn (R-Texas) Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) Richard Durbin (D-Ill.) John Ensign (R-Nev.) Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) Mel Martinez (R-Fla.) John McCain (R-Ariz.) Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) Mark Udall (D-Colo.) Tom Udall (D-N.M.) Mark Warner (D-Va.) Roger Wicker (R-Ms.)

U.S. House of Representatives

Neil Abercrombie (D-Hawaii) Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) Gresham Barrett (R-S.C.) Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.) Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) John Boehner (R-Ohio) John Boozman (R-Ark.) Michael Burgess (R-Texas) Dan Burton (R-Ind.) Eric Cantor (R-Va.) John Carter (R-Texas) Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) Mike Coffman (R-Colo.) John Culberson (R-Texas) Steven Driehaus (D-Ohio) Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) Randy Forbes (R-Va.) Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.) Marcia Fudge (D-Ohio) Pete Hoekstra (R-Mich.) Mike Honda (D-Calif.) Robert Inglis (R-S.C.) Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) Randy Kuhl (R-N.Y.) Tom Latham (R-Iowa) Bob Latta (R-Ohio) Ben Lujan (D-N.M.) Dan Manzullo (R-Ill.) Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) Thaddeus McCotter (R-Mich.) Cathy McMorris (R-Wa.) Kendrick Meek (D-Fla.) Candice Miller (R-Mich.) George Miller (D-Calif.) Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) Jared Polis (D-Colo.) George Radanovich (R-Calif.) Denny Rehberg (R-Mont.) Dana Rohrabacher (R-Calif.) Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.) Tim Ryan (D-Ohio) Joe Sestak (D-Pa.) Christopher Shays (R-Conn.) John Shimkus (R-Ill.) Zach Wamp (R-Tenn.) Joe Wilson (R-S.C.) Rob Wittman (R-Va.) John Yarmuth (D-Ky.) Gus Bilirakis (R-FL)

References

1. ↑ Happy Birthday Twitter! Mashable
2. ↑ Twitter Roars Past 14 Million U.S. Users SocialTimes.com, April 7, 2009
3. ↑ About Twitter
4. ↑ FBI accuses Twitter user of massacre threats CNet, April 26, 2009
5. ↑ Members of Congress who Twitter Source Watch Encyclopedia

External Links

• Twitter Home Page
• Video - Social Networking - Twitter can get you fired, Fox News, March 24, 2009
• U.S. Army warns of twittering terrorists