Twitter is an online social networking service and microblogging service that enables its users to send and read text-based messages of up to 140characters, known as “ tweets “. It was created in March 2006 by Jack Dorsey and launched that July. The service rapidly gained worldwide popularity, with over 500 million registeredusers as of 2012, generating over 340 million tweets daily and handling over 1.6 billion search queries per day.Since its launch, Twitter has become one of the ten most visited websites on the Internet, and has been described as “the SMS of the Internet”. Unregistered users can read tweets, while registered users can post tweets through the website interface, SMS, or a range of apps for mobile devices. So today DailyTechpost Team sharing some most popular tweets of 2012 and these tweets are caught attention around the world.
Barak Obama
President Obama comments on his reelection
Before he took the stage to affirm his election victory, President Obama marked his win via Twitter. Within hours, this Tweet simultaneously became the most retweeted of 2012 — and the most retweeted ever, sent by people in more than 200 countries around the world.
Justin Bieber
Justin Bieber says goodbye to a fan
Suffering from a rare form of brain cancer, six-year-old Avalanna Routh was big Justin Bieber fan, and the pop star had grown close to her during her illness. When she passed away in September. Bieber paid tribute to her in a Tweet, and many, many Twitter Beliebers responded.
T J Lang
Packer TJ Lang voices his frustration
In September the Seattle Seahawks went head-to-head with the Green Bay Packers. The now-infamous final play was called by a “replacement ref” due to a labor standoff with the referees’ union. That call generated 1+ million Tweets as players and fans flocked to Twitter to grouse about the decision. TJ’s Tweet became the most retweeted of the night — and of the NFL season overall.
Team GB
Team GB congratulates its athletes
For the first time since 1948, the Summer Olympics returned to London. British athletes performed extremely well, with a “home team” advantage resulting in more medals than expected. Fans followed their every move, joining in at the close of the Games to show their support for #OurGreatestTeam.
Yamachanoha
Anime fans salute a wedding
When actor Kouichi Yamadera announced in a Tweet that he registered for marriage with actress Rie Tanaka, it became the most retweeted message from Japan this year. Why? Both are prominent Japanese voice actors, famous for many of their anime roles.
Source : Twitter
