If you've never heard of Twitter, it's a social networking and micro-blogging service that allows users to send short messages of 140 characters or less to others who have signed up to receive them. The users called "twitterers" or "tweeters" send their messages known as "tweets" from a computer or a mobile device. A lot of people use it to keep friends and family updated about what they're doing.
There's a whole twitoverse out there of tweeple crazy for Twitter. There's even a Twitter language of sorts. (Check out the Twittonary.)
You can sign up to follow our "kfvsnews" tweets at Twitter. (http://twitter.com/kfvsnews) We also have a daytime live Twitter feed during the week on our homepage. We plan to update you with short burts of news during the day, let you know what we're working on, and any breaking news that occurs.
For those of you still wondering about this Twitter phenomenon, "nearly one quarter--23%--of social network users say they have used Twitter or a similar service. In comparison, just 4% of those who do not use social networks have ever tweeted." (That's according to a report last week from the Pew Internet & American Life Project.)
"Twitter and similar services have been most avidly embraced by young adults. Nearly one in five (19%) online adults ages 18 and 24 have ever used Twitter and its ilk, as have 20% of online adults 25 to 34. Use of these services drops off steadily after age 35 with 10% of 35 to 44 year olds and 5% of 45 to 54 year olds using Twitter. The decline is even more stark among older internet users; 4% of 55-64 year olds and 2% of those 65 and older use Twitter." (Pew Internet & American Life Project)
So whether you're a neweeter, occasionitter, or reportwitter, join all the sweeple and read our tweets or twype your own. Just don't get too big of a twego. Tweh! This twitterspeak is wearing me out!
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