{"id":31339,"date":"2012-11-11T17:43:51","date_gmt":"2012-11-12T00:43:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/11\/11\/what-is-twitter.html"},"modified":"2012-11-11T17:43:51","modified_gmt":"2012-11-12T00:43:51","slug":"what-is-twitter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/11\/11\/what-is-twitter.html","title":{"rendered":"What Is Twitter?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Actually, a pretty decent description. \u00a0I use Twitter very differently than Google Plus (or my marginal Facebook usage). \u00a0I think it successfully has its own social networking niche.<\/p>\n<p style='clear:both;'>\n<p style='margin-bottom:5px;'><strong>Embedded Link<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style='height:120px;width:120px;overflow:hidden;float:left;margin-top:0px;padding-top:0px;margin-right:10px;vertical-align:top;text-align:center;clear:both;'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img style='max-width:none;' src='https:\/\/images3-focus-opensocial.googleusercontent.com\/gadgets\/proxy?url=http:\/\/blogs.scientificamerican.com\/brainwaves\/files\/2012\/11\/800px-Hector_Giacomelli_-_A_Perch_of_Birds_-_Walters_37963.jpg&#038;container=focus&#038;gadget=a&#038;rewriteMime=image\/*&#038;refresh=31536000&#038;resize_h=150&#038;resize_w=150&#038;no_expand=1' border='0' \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/blogs.scientificamerican.com\/brainwaves\/2012\/11\/11\/twitter-is-a-24-hour-party-you-can-tweet-if-you-want-to\/'>Twitter Is A 24-Hour Party. 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