Chapter 2. Twitter – What's Happening with 140 Characters
An article in Forbes in 2012 outlined research undertaken by a Paris-based analytics firm. The research had found Jakarta to be the world's most active Twitter city (source: http://www.forbes.com/sites/victorlipman/2012/12/30/the-worlds-most-active-twitter-city-you-wont-guess-it/#3b3f7d16343b). This may be a surprise, given the population count and other dynamics of the city, but such insights aren't jaw-dropping any more. The world is now a place where every other person has a virtual identity on numerous social networking platforms. The previous chapter gave you a quick glimpse into what a social network is (in case you didn't already know it) and this chapter will build on those concepts and set the tone for the rest of the book.
Twitter, as we all know, is a chirpy social network that's meant for sharing information at break-neck speeds. Technically, it is a microblogging platform which...