Twitter

 Twitter is taking over. Sky News seem to be obsessed with the stuff. Every time a story breaks you can see a presenter waving their tablet around and getting all excited at the sound of some instant reaction.  The big bird has spread its wings especially with the ability for companies to gauge public opinion.

Why is Twitter so popular? Anyone can read a tweet. You don’t even need an account.  Although if you do you can join in the discussion providing you say something in 140 characters or less.

Twitter is brilliant for journalism. It allows you to enter the same space as professional people.  You can watch stories break online. For example, this week the Williams F1 team announced their new driver line up… via Twitter.

Click this link to read our full statement on our 2017 driver line up #WeAreRacing #F1 https://t.co/Gk0Jmse2ae pic.twitter.com/iWfZWXekWI

— WILLIAMS RACING (@WilliamsRacing) November 3, 2016

The ability to pin tweets is also important. You can pick your favourite quote and keep it at the top of your profile. No need to go searching.

I tried to share my Twitter profile on my Facebook and I encountered some interesting results. My profile picture had been replaced by an egg and the caption was written in Swedish for some reason.  Clearly they don’t like cross platform promotion and this shows the increasing strength of the site.

Shared my Twitter link on Facebook. For some reasons the caption came up in Swedish and picture replaced by an egg? pic.twitter.com/hgznhfAOXf

— Conner Kacperski (@ConnerKacperski) November 5, 2016