Why the World Needs to Wake Up and Get Past the So-Called Twitter Murder

January 11th, 2010 admin

Before you get too up in arms about the role Twitter may or may not have played in the recent shooting of 22 year old Kwame Dancy, who allegedly exchanged hot-tempered tweets with longtime friend Jameg Blake prior to the murder, you should probably stop and take a look at some numbers. In 2007,… This is a content summary only, please visit twittown.com for the full article.


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