THE FUNNY SOCIAL MEDIA

                 Since the first tweet was tweeted on March, 21, 2006, the infrastructure of Twitter social media website has not only changed the way the world communicates (frequently, and in short bursts), it has also changed the way customers interact with businesses (individually, and transparently). With a billion active accounts in its sights, businesses in general, and the retail industry specifically, cannot afford to not have a presence on Twitter because social media sites like Twitter make it too easy for customers to actively ignore while choosing to pay attention to what strangers are eating for breakfast. What follows are funny and inspiring quotable quotations about Twitter and social media and how it has changed the nature of business and customer relationships in the U.S. The quotes are arranged in no particular order. The quote authors identified with "@" names are tweeters (famous or unknown) who published their quote on their own Twitter account. Funny and Inspiring Quotations About the Business Value of Twitter and Social Media:
· “Twitter provides us with a wonderful platform to discuss/confront societal problems. We trend Justin Bieber instead.” ― Lauren Leto   · "On Twitter we get excited if someone follows us. In real life we get really scared and run away." ~Unknown via @mozusa
· “LinkedIn is for the people you know. Facebook is for the people you used to know. Twitter is for people you want to know” ~ Source unknown
· "On Twitter, you get 140 characters to be worth paying attention to, no matter who (or what) you are." - @graemem
· “Social Media is about sociology and psychology more than technology.” – Brain Solis Principal of FutureWorks · "Twitter is not a technology. It's a conversation. And it's happening with or without you."- @charleneli                  
                 WhatsApp is proving to be the killer app for huge diasporic communities like Indians, and (surprise, surprise) Indian women are driving that growth. There are currently 20 million Indian users of the service and women use the WhatsApp Messenger three times more often than men. Why is this important? Social media offers the unprecedented possibility of amplifying voices that were simply not heard in the past. Women, who have not had the opportunity to shape their own image in the media, will now play a huge role in dismantling and reinvigorating a media culture that will more accurately reflect people’s real desires, interests and fears. As powerful traditional media companies in the US, India and all around world increasingly turn their attention to social media to tap into the zeitgeist, they will increasing hear the voices of women who dominate those social media conversations.   Of course I look forward to the day when we Indians won’t need to use social media channels in order to secure justice for rape victims, or to shame corrupt politicians out of office. But even Twitter haters should find some place in your heart for any new technology that makes it possible for ordinary citizens (albeit those fortunate enough to have an Internet connection) to test their voices, engage in public debate and find like-minded souls in this big ol’ networked world.