TWITTER AND TWEETING DETAILS

IN 2011, THE US GOVERNMENT (USAID) CREATED A

CLONE OF TWITTER FOR CUBANS TO GET AROUND

THE CUBAN GOVERNMENTS CRACKDOWN

ON INFORMATION

347,000 TWEETS ARE SENT EVERY MINUTE

IN 2011, USERS TWEET THE EQUIVALENT OF OVER

8,000 COPIES OF THE BOOK WAR AND PEACE

EVERY SINGLE DAY

ONE DAY WORTH OF TWITTER POSTS COULD FILL A

10 MILLION PAGE BOOK (200 MILLION TWEETS)

90% OF PEOPLE WITH INTERNET ACCESS

DON'T USE TWITTER

ALONG WITH FACEBOOK AND THE NEW YORK TIMES,

TWITTER HAS BEEN BLOCKED IN CHINA SINCE 2009

83% OF WORLD LEADERS HAVE A TWITTER ACCOUNT

ACCORDING TO A RECENT STUDY AT CHICAGO

UNIVERSITY, RESEARCHERS FOUND THAT

TWEETING IS MORE ADDICTIVE THAN

CIGARETTES OR ALCOHOL