Is the Status Update Dead? 36% of Tweets Are Photos [Infographic]

Like many social networks, Twitter started out as a place for making announcements. When Twitter rolled out expanded tweets earlier this year, all that changed. According to a recent study, status updates account for only 7 percent of the activity on Twitter, while photos from sites like Instagram and Tumblr make up 36 percent.

Like many social networks, Twitter started out as a place for making announcements. When Twitter rolled out expanded tweets earlier this year, all that changed. According to a recent study, status updates account for only 7 percent of the activity on Twitter, while photos from sites like Instagram and Tumblr make up 36 percent.

Tweeting used to be just like writing a MySpace or Facebook status update, but with a twist: there was a 140-character limit and no photo albums. Now

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