This article is from Ideas Culture.

“Short and simple – Twitter is a micro blogging service. Fact: there are people around the world who would be interested in what has your attention at any give time. And vice versa. Well, you get 140 characters to tell each other. As many times a day as you like. These little ‘status updates’ (called tweets) include the sorts of things you’re doing in between emails and blog posts.

They can be insignificant: ‘first cup of coffee for the day, finally’ through to your on-the-ground report on a natural disaster: ‘the entire town has been evacuated and we’re awaiting further instructions’. Unlike email, you do not have to read every message.” Read article.