Twitter Evolution: How and Why Twitter Has Been Changing

Twitter Bird SketchTwitter, the micro-blogging service that once had people questioning how 140 characters could possibly be of use, now has more than 200 million users – and that number is growing. There’s little doubt that their hold on the community is largely thanks to its new features and innovations.

In this article, we’ll take a look at the distance that Twitter has come in functionality, how those changes have impacted the uses of the medium, and how the desires of users have affected Twitter development.
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Christians Openly Advocate Killing Atheists on FOX News Facebook Page

About a week ago, a group of people filed a lawsuit in New York to prevent a cross from being erected within the World Trade Center memorial without equal opportunity for other religions who wish to have memorials there as well.

According to the lawsuit, among the 2,792 people killed in the twin towers, 31 were Muslim Americans, approximately 400 to 500 were Jewish Americans, approximately 500 were non-religious Americans, and an unknown number were Americans of other faiths. (So, about half of the people who died were not Christian.)

Additionally:

No other religious or non-religious group has been permitted a memorial.

Fox News had some discussions about this event including this one.

Fox News on the WTC Cross Lawsuit

Clearly Christians are angry. They later had Blair Scott, Communications Director for American Atheists, on a show to talk about the lawsuit and immediately the Fox News Facebook page was flooded with thousands of comments. I would link to the post, but apparently Fox removed it. Not before several comments were screen captured though.
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