Twittersphere

English

Etymology

Twitter +‎ -sphere

Proper noun

the Twittersphere

1. (Internet) The totality of users and messages on the Twitter microblogging service.
   • 2012, Micah Solomon, High-Tech, High-Touch Customer Service: Inspire Timeless Loyalty in the Demanding New World of Social Commerce, AMACOM, published 2012, →ISBN, page 95:

     In news stories that had the Twittersphere absolutely buzzing (there's no better word for it), two of America's largest casual restaurant brands—Applebee's and Olive Garden—managed, in separate incidents, to serve alcoholic beverages to a fifteen-month-old and a two-year-old, respectively (alcoholic margarita mix in a sippy cup to the fifteen-month-old; sangria to the two-year-old), between late March and early April 2011.

   • 2015, David Willey, The Promise of Francis: The Man, the Pope, and the Challenge of Change‎^[1], Gallery Books, published 2015, →ISBN:

     Following Benedict's departure, his successor, Francis, surged into the Twittersphere, sending several tweets weekly translated into nine different languages, even though he has admitted never having written anything but longhand and never having gotten used to writing on a computer.

   • 2016, P. David Marshall, Sean Redmond, A Companion to Celebrity, Wiley Blackwell, published 2016, →ISBN, page 243:

     I also expect their followers will be quick to pick up the activist causes, and spread these "good causes" widely across the Twittersphere, […]

Synonyms

• tweetdom, tweetosphere, Twitterverse

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See also

• blogosphere, vlogosphere