There will be more words written on Twitter in the next two years than contained in all books ever printed.

People tend to prefer their own race online in terms of the volume of messages.

Text is, in some ways, on the way out, unfortunately. There are dating sites now that are just pictures.

Use correct grammar and punctuation. Do not use net speak, like WOT, W-O-T or U. Those messages get a lot lower reply rate.

Because the way love works in general, you don't need everybody to like you somewhat - you need one person to like you a lot.

There will be more words written on Twitter in the next two years than contained in all books ever printed.

Twitter, Reddit, Tumblr, Instagram, all these companies are businesses first, but, as a close second, they're demographers of unprecedented reach, thoroughness, and importance. Practically as an accident, digital data can now show us how we fight, how we love, how we age, who we are, and how we're changing. All we have to do is look.