X (Twitter) is a globally renowned social media platform, founded by Jack Dorsey in 2006. Twitter allows users to post short messages, called “tweets”, with a character limit of initially 140 characters per tweet, which was later increased to 280. Twitter is known for its immediacy and simplicity. Users can share news, opinions, photos and videos through tweets, and interact with others through likes, retweets and comments.
Twitter is feature-rich, including hashtags (#) to identify topics, @symbols to mention other users, and a private direct messaging (DM) feature that allows users to send private messages to specific users. In addition, Twitter also supports the sharing of pictures, videos and links, making it an important channel for information dissemination.
Twitter has hundreds of millions of active users worldwide, including people from all walks of life such as politicians, celebrities, entrepreneurs and artists. Not only is it a social networking platform, it is widely used for business and political purposes to keep customers, voters and fans updated and encourage feedback. Twitter also plays an important role in news dissemination, with many journalists and news organizations accessing and disseminating information through Twitter.
Twitter is a versatile social media platform that changes the way people access news and interact, while also providing a rich source of data for research. Despite its challenges, Twitter remains an indispensable information dissemination tool on a global scale.