The Power of Twitter – Toppling Governments and Keeping Celebrity Careers Afloat

Almost five years after its launch, Twitter is still misunderstood by a large portion of the population, even those who use the Internet on a daily basis. It wasn’t long ago that a friend of mine joked that Twitter’s primary function was to allow you to tell the Internet what you ate for lunch. And of course, people do use it as such. When people are given the opportunity to easily address millions, thousands, hundreds, or just dozens of people, they will do so, even if it means reporting the most mundane aspects of their lives.