​Six Little-known Facts About Twitter

The social network Twitter, with over 1.3 billion registered users worldwide, grew by leaps and bounds since its launch in 2006 when founder Jack Dorsey sent the very first tweet on March 21st.
How much do you know about Twitter? Here are 6 Facts About Twitter that you may not know.

1. The Twitter Bird has a name. The official name of Twitter's bird is Larry—yes, that would be "Larry Bird". Biz Stone confirmed that Twitter's bird Larry was named after Larry Bird of the Boston Celtics.
2. Twitter was born on a children's playground. Jack Dorsey was eating lunch with two coworkers and, after scaling a playground slide, presented his idea for the social network to his colleagues. Located in San Francisco, South Park playground can by visited today. 
3. You can drop the mic on Twitter with a hangtag. If you end a tweet with an empty hashtag (just the pound sign and nothing else), it is considered a "mic drop" on Twitter and is referred to as a "hangtag".
4. Posts are limited to 140 characters because of SMS limitations. Twitter was originally conceived to utilize SMS phone services, and so its tweets are designed to fit within the SMS character limit. 
5. People send more than 500 million tweets per day. In March of 2010, around 50 million tweets were sent per day. Today, Twitter sees more than 500 million tweets per day, a 900% increase in tweets.
6. Twitter's active users almost equal the population of the United States. Twitter has 310 Million monthly active users, while the United States has about 323 Million people. 

Twitter is an incredible resource for those businesses that incorporate this social network into its marketing strategy. If you would like more information on how Twitter can help you in your business, please contact us and we'll be happy to help.

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