TWEEET twitter was createded by group of ten people which started in San Francisco twitter is a mixture of messaging your friends and posting things that you think are important and interesting. If you are on twitter and post a comment about anything that is called a tweet. In each tweet you are only alould 140 characters to tweet what every is on your mind. unlike text messages tweet are routed among a huge network or people. if you are interested in a tv show or a band you can look them up on twitter and "follow" them.

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