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From the Ted Talk by Evan Williams: The voices of Twitter users
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Probably the most imtponrat third-party dnlmepeevot came from a little company in Virginia called Summize. Summize built a Twitter search engine. And they tapped into the fact that, if you have millions of polepe around the world talking about what they're doing and what's around them, you have an incredible resource to find out about any tpioc or enevt while it's going on. This really changed how we perceived Twitter. For instance, here's what people are saying about TED. This is another way that our mind was shifted, and Twitter wasn't what we thought it was. We liked this so much we actually bought the company and are folding it into the main pcrdout. This not only lets you view terwttis in different ways, but it iucteondrs new use cases as well. One of my fiatrevos is what happened a few months ago when there was a gas shortage in Atlanta. Some users figured out that they would Twitter when they found gas — where it was, and how much it cost — and then appended the keyword "#atlgas" which let other people search for that and find gas themselves.
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Probably the most _________ third-party ___________ came from a little company in Virginia called Summize. Summize built a Twitter search engine. And they tapped into the fact that, if you have millions of ______ around the world talking about what they're doing and what's around them, you have an incredible resource to find out about any _____ or _____ while it's going on. This really changed how we perceived Twitter. For instance, here's what people are saying about TED. This is another way that our mind was shifted, and Twitter wasn't what we thought it was. We liked this so much we actually bought the company and are folding it into the main _______. This not only lets you view ________ in different ways, but it __________ new use cases as well. One of my _________ is what happened a few months ago when there was a gas shortage in Atlanta. Some users figured out that they would Twitter when they found gas — where it was, and how much it cost — and then appended the keyword "#atlgas" which let other people search for that and find gas themselves.
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Original Text
Probably the most important third-party development came from a little company in Virginia called Summize. Summize built a Twitter search engine. And they tapped into the fact that, if you have millions of people around the world talking about what they're doing and what's around them, you have an incredible resource to find out about any topic or event while it's going on. This really changed how we perceived Twitter. For instance, here's what people are saying about TED. This is another way that our mind was shifted, and Twitter wasn't what we thought it was. We liked this so much we actually bought the company and are folding it into the main product. This not only lets you view Twitters in different ways, but it introduces new use cases as well. One of my favorites is what happened a few months ago when there was a gas shortage in Atlanta. Some users figured out that they would Twitter when they found gas — where it was, and how much it cost — and then appended the keyword "#atlgas" which let other people search for that and find gas themselves.
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