"Twitter a Status Symbol on the Web"

Summary: Twitter, one of social networking and micro-blogging service, is becoming a main current of Internet users who are familiar with web-culture communities. The site is more quick chat between friends or family than Face book or My space. High technology, such as smart phone or laptop with wireless let users to update easily what they are doing. Twitter also helps in the realm of citizen journalism because the users who are around any happening or incident send a message to the site of their condition before the news come up to media.

The benefit for Twitter users is that their friends or family can easily keep updated about what they are doing, as the article says. The unique site makes us feel closer with our friends or family without talking on the phone for a while.