Twitter

No.10  FIRST PERSON TO JOIN TWITTER  秘密十：第一个加入Twitter的人

Hey! was it a He or She? What did he/she do on twitter after joining twitter?. Can’t guess !..never mind because I am going to divulge to you folks the first ever person to set foot, not on the moon but Twitter and he was JACK DORSEY(founder) and he was also the first one to send twitter message on his profile. Luck man he is, isn’t he ?. He was the first person to be the part of the world’s famous social organization nowadays.
是他还是她？当他/她加入Twitter之后，首先做了什么？第一个注册Twitter的人是Jack Dorsey（也就是Twitter的创始人），他也是第一个在他个人主页上添加信息的人。Jack Dorsey是不是一个很幸运的人呢？作为世界上最著名的社交网站的第一个注册者！

背景知识：Twitter：是国外的一个社交网络及微博客服务的网站。它利用无线网络，有线网络，通信技术，进行即时通讯，是微博客的典型应用。它允许用户将自己的最新动态和想法以短信形式发送给手机和个性化网站群，而不仅仅是发送给个人。（以上摘自百度百科）

Income

No.9  INITIAL INCOME OF TWITTER AS A COMPANY   秘密九：Twitter最初的收入

Twitter was founded in 2006 and as you all know that it is nowadays a very well-reputed and marvelous social networking package, so what do you think its initial revenue will be? Yeah I know that guessing such a behemoth amount will not be an easy task to do for you. Ok let me tell you this and the answer to this mystery is that for that first three years of its operations Twitter generated a total revenue of $1,000,000,000. Wait ! how about removing that ‘1’ before those zeroes. Yup here you go guys. You got it right and Twitter made not even a single penny during the first 3 years of its operations.
Twitter在2006年创建，作为世界上知名的网站，你知道它最初的收入是多少吗？答案是：在Twitter成立的前三年里面他们的收入是10亿美元！哦不，其实，是要把前面的1去掉，Twitter在前三年里没有一分收入。

Money

No.8  FREQUENCY OF TWEETS IN TWITTER  秘密八：Twitter上新信息（Tweet）更新量是多少？

How many times can you possibly blink your eye in a second? Well to reflect something or some event as to occur very fast or rapidly we use the term “in a blink of an eye”. May be it is 5 times a second or to quote it more optimistically let us take it to be 7 times a second. But can you just imagine the number of Tweets per second. Nah ! it is not even near to your thinking as the average tweets per second are as many as 750 tweets per second. Well I guess we have got something to replace our old-used phrase and the new one should be “in a blink of a tweet”.
你多久眨一次眼睛？要描述一件事很快发生，我们可以用“一眨眼的功夫”（in a blink of an eye）。让我们乐观地预计一下吧，你一秒眨最多7次眼睛，但是这个数字远远达不到Twitter的新信息更新量。Twitter的新信息量是：750条/秒！或许我们应该改一改那个形容事情发生很快的形容词，改成“一眨Tweet的功夫”（in a blink of a tweet）。

Lunch

No.7  TWEETS THAT CONSTITUTE MOST OF THE OVERALL PERCENTAGE OF TWEETS  秘密七：大多数Tweet都是什么内容？

Man love to interact and finds for himself excuses to talk to others. The category of maximum number of tweets are conspicuous of this statement. What can it be? Any major event or something very ordinary to our lives. It is just “I am having lunch” and this tweet constitute over 40% of total tweets.
人们喜欢互动，并且喜欢找出和别人交谈的理由。这则规律在Tweet上很适用。具体怎么说？那些生活中最常见的消息和内容可以作为理由。有数据显示，40%的Tweet信息都是“我正在吃午饭”。

TWTTR

No.6  ORIGINAL NAME OF TWITTER  秘密六：Twitter最早的名字

The name being used nowadays was not the original name for this social networking program. But it did resemble with the current name “TWITTER”. It was “TWTTR”. It was inspired by the fact the short codes being used in America are 5 characters.
Twitter最早并不叫Twitter，而是叫“TWTTR”，它的灵感来源于美国使用的短码（电话中使用）是五个字符。

Evan Williams

No.5  THE FIRST DAY WHEN TWITTER WAS BEING RUN  秘密五：Twitter第一天开放的日子

Definitely, the first day of twitter was indeed linked to some special occasion of some special person of the organization. The Beta test version of Twitter was launched on the birthday of the CEO Even Williams.
Twitter第一天开放的日子是和一些特殊人的特殊纪念日有关系。测试版的Twitter是在Twitter的CEOEven Williams的生日开始运营的。

Woman

No.4  MEN OR WOMEN  秘密四：Twitter上更多的是男性还是女性？

Men are more socializing than women. Women tend to talk to more in contrast to most men, although some men do talk a lot. Which segment of the society can it possibly be? Well guys happy or not they are the talkative ones. Yes, women constitute over 55% of the Twitter users where men lies in an area of 45%.
男性比女性更善于社交，而女性说得更多（尽管有些男性说的也不少）。事实证明，这条规律在Twitter上也适用。Twitter上有55%的用户是女性，而剩余的则是男性。

TweetDeck

 

No.3  SOURCE OF TRAFFIC COMING TO TWITTER  秘密三：访问Twitter的途径

You will be very astonished to know that not most of the traffic coming to twitter is from rather it is from third party applications like TweetDeck, Twitterrific and Tweetie etc. These third party applications comprise over 75% of the incoming traffic to twitter.
大部分访问Twitter的途径不是直接访问，而是使用第三方软件：例如TweetDeck、Twitterrific、Tweetie等。这些访问方式占到了总访问量的75%。

Country

No.2  IF TWITTER WERE A COUNTRY  秘密二：如果Twitter是一个国家

Just imagine of the gigantic size of the Twitter organization with over more than 105,779,710 registered users. Statistics claim that if Twitter were a country then it would be 12th largest population country. It is amazing!
想象一下，Twitter有105779710位注册用户！有统计数据指出，如果Twitter是一个国家的话，那将是世界上人口排名第12大的国家！

Social class

No.1. SOCIAL CLASS USING TWITTER  秘密一：使用Twitter的社会阶层

Rich people have got many other tasks to keep them riveted. They can go surfing, dining out most of the week days and do other expensive enjoyments to fulfill their social needs. But you will be amazed to learn that according to authentic sources, 30% of households of each family is more than $100,000.
富人可以有很多其他方式来消遣，比如，冲浪，外出吃饭等其他有钱人消费的方式。但是有可靠数据显示，上Twitter中30%的家庭收入超过10万美元。