1. 線上英語自學中心 會話小老師 Christine Hsieh 製作

2. 2  Do you know what is blog, facebook, or MSN?  How many friends of yours are using those social networking tools?  What is twitter? › Twitter is a social networking and micro-blogging service that allows its users to send and read other users' updates (known as tweets ), which are text-based posts of up to 140 characters in length. 2

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7. 7  Twitter Pros › Easy to navigate and update, link to and promote anything › Reach far beyond your inner circle of friends › One feed pools all users; anyone can follow anyone else unless blocked › Pure communication tool, rapid responsiveness › Very interactive, extensible messaging platform with open APIs › Many other applications being developed (Twitterific, Summize, Twhirl, etc.)  Twitter Cons › Limited functionality; find people, send brief messages, direct replies › Limited to 140 characters per update › Not all people find it immediately useful › Over-emphasis on follower counts › Easily abused for spam and increasing the noise level › Relatively smaller installed user base › As yet no readily apparent monetization strategy

8. 8  Twitter https://twitter.comhttps://twitter.com  Twitter versus Facebook: Should you Choose One? http://www.twitip.com/twitter-versus- facebook/http://www.twitip.com/twitter-versus- facebook/  Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter