While the death of Osama Bin Laden is being credited as one of the greatest days in American history, it is also one of the proudest days in the young life of Twitter as well. The social network has announced that during the hour in which President Obama spoke, there were 12.4 million tweets sent. This incredible rate shows just how far Twitter has come since its birth in 2006. What is even more remarkable is that this isn’t even the record for most tweets sent simultaneously. That came on New Years Eve in Japan when there were more than 6, 000 tweets per second. There are pros and cons however. Twitter has absolutely become a very reliable source for news updates and the spreading of information. It also however is filled with millions of drunken messages from people all over the globe. While it remains so popular, it still does not make any profit. We have watched Twitter grow over the years and now we must watch it mature. Pretty soon, Twitter has the capabilities to become the frontline source of spreading credible news effectively.
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