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Twitter Debuts 'Stories' Site
- WebProNews, Wednesday, November 2, 2011 1:43 PM
File this one under “side project.” Likely in an effort to open peoples’ eyes to possibilities of tweeting, Twitter just debuted a site dedicated to human interest stories, which revolve around the impact that tweets can have on peoples’ lives.
Twitter Stories already features numerous stories to browse through, like the one about a Portland, Ore. man who says he saved his mother’s bookstore with a single tweet offering burritos in exchange for book purchases.
“Read about a single Tweet that helped save a bookstore from going out of business; an athlete who took a hundred of his followers out to a crab dinner; and, Japanese fishermen who use Twitter to sell their catch before returning to shore,” Twitter says in an official blog post. “Each story reminds us of the humanity behind Tweets that make the world smaller.”
Notes WebProNews: “The types of stories vary, and they come from celebrities on the service to average, everyday people.” Twitter users can submit their stories by mentioning @twitterstories, or by tweeting with the hashtag #twitterstories.
