Twitter gets its 20 billionth tweet from Tokyo

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Alex White

02 August, 2010

This milestone was reached recently when a Tokyo graphic designer tweeted something. His tweet had the new url 20000000000. The profile name of the graphic designer is GGGGGGo_Lets_Go.

THE MICRO-blogging site, Twitter, which was launched in 2006, has grown very popular within a short time. Twitter has officially stated that they have published the 20 billionth tweet on the site, which is quite remarkable.

This milestone was reached recently when a Tokyo graphic designer tweeted something. His tweet had the new url 20000000000. The profile name of the graphic designer is GGGGGGo_Lets_Go.

The website which provides the service of micro-blogging your status, images, links etc. has gained huge popularity among general as well as the celebrity. By nature the common person tends to enquire what his/her friend or a certain favourite celebrity is doing and Twitter provides a mean to follow them.

Twitter has made it easy to know what a sportsperson or a Hollywood start is doing. It has similarly become a great way to publicize a business or services. Many popular news sites have their Twitter accounts to cater to their readers on the go and in nutshell.

Recently the micro-blogging site has rolled out many new features including suggestions for the persons or users you would like to follow. Twitter analyses what kind of people you follow and then brings up suggestions based on them

They have also announced to invite advertisements on the site earlier. The site has been a revolution with its unique kind of features of following and commenting within a limit of 140 characters.

It makes users happy as they can now know what a certain idol of him/her does when he is free or where is he/she vacationing, what is their plan for the day, what they did all the day… and at times get answers from the likes of Roger Federer!