#HappyBirthday

Happy Birthday Twitter! As Twitter celebrates its 5th anniversary, FunnyorDie.com just came out with this hilarious video about Twitter's brief past. While it is more than 140 characters, the video includes celebs such as Soulja Boy and Perez Hilton. This is not necessarily an advertisement, but I felt compelled to include it in this blog because of the social medium's undeniably huge influence on advertising today. True, Twitter is often abused, with followers having to hear about the meatball sandwich someone ate for lunch, or the hangnail that they've been dealing with all day. But, when Twitter is used well, it can help with a brand's image and make people aware of a new product or service. That's why people like Kim Kardashian-whose fame may not be questionable even though her talent is-reportedly get paid up to $10,000 for tweeting about a company's product! Will Twitter fade away with the emo punk rockers of MySpace? This is yet to be seen. However, for now, Twitter should enjoy it's birthday and keep on rocking those @ symbols!