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Twitter, 3 Years Old

By Krikor Posted on 21-Mar-2009 Posted in Social Networking, Twitter, Web 2.0 No Comments Tagged with Biz Stone, Evan Williams, Jack Dorsey, Social network, Twitter, Web 2.0

Happy Birthday Twitter, you are 3 years old now and still online. It all started on 21st of March 2006 when Jack Dorsey sent his first Tweet and, together with Evan Williams, Biz Stone and others, created a social media company that has grown over 1300% in the last year.

According to a post on Nielsen Wire, unique visitors to Twitter.com increased 1,382 percent year over year, from 475,000 unique visitors in February 2008 to 7 million in February 2009. This growth earned it the title of “fastest growing member community site,” a term that encompasses not just social networks but any online community – even one such as online wiki community Wikia, which, incidentally, came in at number five on the list. Zimbio and Facebook followed Twitter, growing 240 percent and 228 percent, respectively.

StockTwits: social stock microblogging service.

By Krikor Posted on 16-Jan-2009 Posted in Social, Social Networking, Stocks, Web 2.0 No Comments Tagged with Business, Social network, Social Networking, Stocks, StockTwits, Twitter

StockTwits is an open, community-powered idea and information service for investments. Users can eavesdrop on traders and investors, or contribute to the conversation and build their reputation as savvy market wizards. The service takes financial related data – using Twitter as the content production platform – and structures it by stock, user, reputation, etc.

Log into the site with your Twitter details and you will be presented with a user interface filled with comments and stats showing the top ticker buzz, the top StockTwit talkers, and the top gainers and losers.

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The State Of Linkedin

Twitter, 3 Years Old

StockTwits: social stock microblogging service.

LinkedIn lays off 10 percent of staff