TWITTER DISCUSSION

STUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)

1) / What springs to mind when you hear the word ‘Twitter’?
2) / What do you think of the name Twitter for a website?
3) / What did you think when you first heard of / used Twitter?
4) / Do you think 140 characters are enough for the Twitter updates?
5) / Why do you think Twitter is so successful?
6) / How does Twitter compare with other social networking sites?
7) / How do you think Twitter makes money?
8) / How could Twitter make more money?
9) / Why do you think Twitter chose a small bird as its logo?
10) / What would you like Twitter to do differently?

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TWITTER DISCUSSION

STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)

1) / What do you think of Twitter?
2) / What do you think of Twitter’s slogan, “What are you doing”?
3) / What Twitter sites do you follow / like?
4) / How many people would you like to follow your Twitter site?
5) / What do you think of the word ‘tweet’ (meaning a message posted on Twitter)?
6) / Who do you think Twitter is most useful for?
7) / Is your life interesting enough to tweet about?
8) / Which famous person would you like to follow on Twitter and why?
9) / What questions would you like to ask Twitter’s owners?
10) / Did you like this discussion?
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