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So for instance ,I may Twitter right now that i am giving a talk in TED,and in my cases ,when I hit "send" UP to 60,000 people will receive that message in a matter of seconds .Now ,the fundamental ideas that Twitter lets people share moments of their lives whenever they want ,either the momentous occasions or mundane ones.it is by sharing these moments as they are happening that let people feel more connected and in touch despite distance in the real time .This is the primary use we thought Twitter from the beginning and what we got excited
例如，我現在就可以用Twitter發一條消息說我正在TED上作演講。這是件很平常的事。對于我來說，當我選擇發送后，幾秒內，將有超過6萬人會收到這條信息。Twitter的基本理念就是讓人們隨時分享他們生活中的任意時刻。不管是意義非凡的場合，還是日常世俗的時候。通過分享這些正在發生的時刻人們感覺彼此間的距離更近，聯系更加緊密，盡管他們不在一起。我們開始時覺得這就是Twitter的主要用途，也讓我們相當興奮。
What we didn't anticipate was the many, many other uses that would evolve from this very simple system. One of the things we realized was how important Twitter could be during real-time events. When the wildfires broke out in San Diego, in October of 2007, people turned to Twitter to report what was happening and to find information from neighbors about what was happening around them.
我們沒有料到這個簡單的系統竟然衍生出了許多其它的用途。我們發現，在突發事件中，Twitter可以發揮非常重要的作用。2007年10月圣地亞哥發生了嚴重的火災，人們依靠Twitter報告火災近況并通過周圍鄰居在Twitter上發布的消息來了解自己周圍的情況。
But it wasn't just individuals. The L.A. Times actually turned to Twitter to dispense information as well, and put a Twitter feed on the front page, and the L.A. Fire Department and Red Cross used it to dispense news and updates as well. At this event, dozens of people are Twittering and thousands of people are following along because they want to know what it feels like to be here and what's happening.
不僅是一般人，實際上，洛杉磯時報也依靠Twitter發布信息，并在網站首頁上放了一個Twitter訂閱地址同時，洛杉磯消防部門以及紅十字會也通過Twitter發布各種最新的消息。這場災難中，許多人在使用Twitter發布消息Twitter上也有成千上萬的人在關注著事件進展因為大家都想知道親臨現場是什么感覺，也想知道最新的情況。
Among the other interesting things that have cropped up is many things from businesses, from marketing and communications and predictable things to an insanely popular Korean barbecue taco truck that drives around L.A. and Twitters where it stops causing a line to form around the block.
Twitter上還有很多有趣的事，其中不少和商業或營銷活動有關，也有很多通訊報道或是事件預報。比如，一輛很火爆的韓式煎玉米餅快餐車在洛杉磯轉來轉去，在Twitter上公布自己下一站停靠點，結果食客們都在那里排隊等待。
