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Social Networking (the Shorter Version) Past, Present, Future

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In most instances news is now breaking on Twitter and then being picked up by news organizations. At the bottom end of the stack is storage (S3) and processing (EC2). Twitter restricts each post to 140 characters so users often share links with other people – one of the most important features of Twitter.

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What the Past Can Tell Us About the Future of Social Networking

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So this combination of following people you found interesting who share links drove a sort of “news exchange&# that mimicked many of the features of RSS readers except that it was curated by other people! In most instances news is now breaking on Twitter and then being picked up by news organizations.