Twitter may have a lot of detractors but last week's milestone of 10 billion 'tweets' proves the social media platform has become a force to be reckoned with, commentator Gordon Farrer argues.
Writing in The Age, Farrer says Twitter is currently attracting 50 million tweets a day, a figure that translates to around 2.5 million posts every hour.
While Twitter is often described as a conduit for inane or boring details, it's claimed the social media form has recently evolved into a tool that people use to report on what's going on around them.
It's also described as being a useful filter for digital information with an increasing number of people tweeting useful internet links to blog posts, articles and resources.
The Twitter development comes as Australia reaches a new internet milestone: latest figures reveal that Australians now spend an average of two working days a week on the net every week.
Writing in The Age, Farrer says Twitter is currently attracting 50 million tweets a day, a figure that translates to around 2.5 million posts every hour.
While Twitter is often described as a conduit for inane or boring details, it's claimed the social media form has recently evolved into a tool that people use to report on what's going on around them.
It's also described as being a useful filter for digital information with an increasing number of people tweeting useful internet links to blog posts, articles and resources.
The Twitter development comes as Australia reaches a new internet milestone: latest figures reveal that Australians now spend an average of two working days a week on the net every week.
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