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I’ve been on Twitter for almost a year now and am totally hooked to the product. I like various aspects about it and each of them excites me for a different reason, which I’ll try and list down below. In addition, I will also talk about the purposes for which Twitter is used.

Aspects of Twitter I like & why:

1. Short & sweet – I’m lazy & don’t have the patience to write a full blog (this being post #4 on this blog proves that)
2. Recommended reading – I enjoy reading, so interesting reading material with a degree of filtering and recommendation helps
3. The Phenomenon – I love the web and am fascinated by massive consumer Internet success stories
4. Something for everyone – The variety of people using the product speaks about its appeal; Mr President, Politicians, Film stars, Sportsmen, etc.
5. Product usability (simplicity), Technology (APIs/Real-time search), Revenue model (none

How Twitter is used has almost as many answers as there are users. It is called Micro-blogging, Real-time Search Engine, Social Network, Social Media Marketing tool, CRM tool, Breaking News channel, and maybe a few more names I don’t know of. And the truth is that none of them is a misnomer, Twitter is a multi-utility product.  Users are coming up with more and more utilities of the platform, which can be further developed and eventually monetized. That is the massive opportunity ahead for Twitter and only time will tell if they utilize it well.

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