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BBCLearningEnglishWordsintheNews21stMarch2011TwittercelebratesitsfifthbirthdayThesocialnetworkingsite,Twitterisfiveyearsoldtoday.Ithasgrownfromhavingafewthousanduserstomorethan175millionmembersaroundtheworld.TheBBC'stechnologycorrespondent,RoryCellan-JonesspokeabouttheimpactofTwitteronBBCRadio5live.RoryCellan-Jones:Well,I'mjustlookingatanothertweetrightnowfromajournalist,saying:“Twitter'sfivetoday-themostimportantinnovationforjournalistsinthattime.Notmuchgoodforinsomniathough,"andIthinkthat'saboutright.ThefirstthingIdoeverymorningishavealookatit,becauseit’sbecomeanextraordinarymeansofcommunicatingnews.IfindthatthefirstIseeofnewsisitbreakingonTwitter.RachelBurden:Rory,canyoujustliterallyexplainhowitworksforthosepeoplewhodon’tknow,whodon’tuseit?RoryCellan-Jones:It’sasystemforputtingoutmessagesthatarenomorethan140characterslong,so,thelengthofatextmessage,really.Andyouputyourmessageoutthere,andgraduallyyouhopethatmoreandmorepeoplefollowyou.It’sasystemslightlylikeFacebook,whereyou’vegotfriends,butmuchmorepublic.AndonTwitteryouhavefollowers,andyoufollowpeople.So,I’mfollowingyou,Rachel.Ihopeyou’refollowingme.I’mfollowingabout1,000people.Ithinkwe’vealllearntovertheyears,thosearethepeoplewhouseTwitter,to,youknow,walkthislittlelinebetweenthepersonalandtheprofessional.AndIcertainlyfinditusefulprofessionally-a,toseenews,andb,togetnews.Ifyouputamessageoutthereandsay:“WhoknowsaboutX?”-you’llfindtheworld’sexpertsonTwitter,andtheywillcometoyou.NickyCampbell:Completely,andalsotosharelinkswithpeopleaswell?RoryCellan-Jones:That’sright.Ithinkthat’sbecomemoreandmoreimportant.Youseeaninterestingarticle,andyouputitoutthere,andeveryonecanseeit.Andit’saquickwayofreadingthenewsinthemorning.WordsintheNews©BritishBroadcastingCorporation2011Page1of2bbclearningenglish.comVocabularyanddefinitionsinnovationnewororiginalideaorinventioninsomniamedicalconditionwhichcausespeopletohavedifficultysleepingaboutrightclosetothetruthmeanswayormethodbrea
