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Facebook is a social networking

website that focuses on sharing
ife w"th your friends. Users can

post photos, notes, and update

the·r "status" to share their
tho ghts with others. Facebook

was or"ginally limited to college
students, but expanded to high

school students, and eventually all

adults. As of December 31, 2011,
facebook reported 845

million active users.
Twitter is
a "micro-blogging"

platform on which users share
information, articles, and other content.
Rather than friends, people become

"followers" on twitter, subscribing to the
tweets of others. Posts are limited to 140
characters. The hashtag (#} has become a

staple of social media, and is used to give
a theme to a tweet.
twitter

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