Twitter Helps Us Stay In Touch (Especially When We're Miles Apart), Says Study [REPORT]
A new study has revealed how Twitter helps people stay in contact with friends, family and colleagues irrespective of where they are around the world.
Indeed, the further any two users are apart, the more likely it is that they will communicate with each other on a regular basis through Twitter.
The University of Illinois analysed 1.5 billion tweets sent by 70 million users over one month and discovered that people who mentioned or retweeted each other’s messages were separated by an average of 750 miles.
Moreover, the research noted that people who tweet each other the most regularly tended to be the furthest apart.
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