I continue to be amazed by the speed at which information travels, especially between 17-year-olds, such as my son and his fellow tweeps. Twitter is the social medium of choice among his peers, and I understand why. He knew of Osama bin Laden's death 45 minutes before CNN reported it. He learned of a local tragedy from friends hours before it hit the local newspaper online. He follows AP news on Twitter for his history class' current events assignment.
The immediacy of Twitter is astounding and the reach is mind-boggling. According to DigitalBuzz, Twitter users are sending 55 million tweets each day. The number of Twitter users increases by 300,000 every day. About 27% of tweets are related to private conversations, and 10% are related to news articles and news blogs.
I'm in, although if you follow me on Twitter--@wendypink--don't expect the most current information. For that, call me.
