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Willis Wee · · 8 min read

18 Cool Things People Do On Twitter

twitter-coolThere are many other things that people use Twitter for.

It can stretch from getting real time news to catching bicycle thieves. We always thought it was the users who have made Twitter what it is today.

So, here are 14 +4 cool things people do on Twitter that we would say, defined this micro-blogging site. We have updated 4 more on top of what we had last year. Enjoy the list.

1. Dump your partner

The action isn’t cool. But the choice of medium is. Dumping someone can be tough, especially when we have to confront the person face to face. A survey reported by Reuters revealed that to avoid the awkwardness, many chose to do this over the Internet. But only a small group of people chose Twitter.

2. Create a personal brand

@askaaronlee has built his personal brand though Twitter. Besides job opportunities, he got invited to big name conferences like iStrategy and met several directors and influencers in the digital media sphere.

personal-brand

3. Advertise

Twitter launched its ad products this year. They include analytics, promoted tweets, suggested users and promoted trends. Early adopters are happy so far.

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Willis Wee

Founder at Tech in Asia. Aspires to build a company and product that people love.