Dumb question - maybe?

[Meg888]

What is TWITTER? Hearing a lot of it in the news, but havent a clue what it's about? Thanks in advance

[eash]

It'a a social networking site/blog a bit like facebook from what I gather.
Check out the website:
http://www.twitter.com

[GEEMAC]

Hi Meg888. Google twitter and it'll take you to the website which gives you a pretty good explanation. It's a bit like blogging but you are only allowed a limited number of characters (140 I think). Your messages are then sent to your 'fans' (presuming you have any). Pretty useful I suppose if you want to know what Stephen Fry had for breakfast. I would assume you would need a fairly large ego to use it if you aren't a 'celeb'. Although I can see its use in business where you may need to message a lot of people at the same time. Although I can't see what advantage it has over email especially with the character limitations.

[GEEMAC]

...or alternatively, use eash's link.