<p>How frequently do you Tweet? You could well be one of the millions of 'silent users' who seldom tweet, a study says.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Almost half of Twitter's 974 million active users have never sent a tweet.<br /><br />According to research, 44 percent of accounts have never sent a tweet.<br /><br />It is believed the 'dark' users only ever read other people's tweets, or simply abandoned their account after they signed up.<br /><br />Twopcharts, a firm that monitors Twitter usage, said that 30 percent of existing Twitter accounts have sent 1-10 tweets and only 13 percent of the accounts have written at least 100 tweets.<br /><br />It also found 47 percent of users have never uploaded a profile pictures.<br /><br />The firm estimated that there have been 1.5 billion signups in Twitter's eight-year history, but 500 million were deactivated or deleted as a result of spam and other transgressions.<br /><br />Tweets that have received the most retweets or interactions now appear larger on a person's profile.<br /><br />Keeping the new numbers in mind, in March this year, Twitter posted a blog announcing a new range of photo options. <br /><br />Users can now add up to four pictures in each tweet, where they could only previously add one.<br /><br />The firm also added the ability to tag up to 10 friends in a photo, without using up any of the tweets 140 characters.<br /><br />Many users also spotted last month that the Retweet button had been replaced with a Facebook-style 'Share' button.<br /></p>
<p>How frequently do you Tweet? You could well be one of the millions of 'silent users' who seldom tweet, a study says.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Almost half of Twitter's 974 million active users have never sent a tweet.<br /><br />According to research, 44 percent of accounts have never sent a tweet.<br /><br />It is believed the 'dark' users only ever read other people's tweets, or simply abandoned their account after they signed up.<br /><br />Twopcharts, a firm that monitors Twitter usage, said that 30 percent of existing Twitter accounts have sent 1-10 tweets and only 13 percent of the accounts have written at least 100 tweets.<br /><br />It also found 47 percent of users have never uploaded a profile pictures.<br /><br />The firm estimated that there have been 1.5 billion signups in Twitter's eight-year history, but 500 million were deactivated or deleted as a result of spam and other transgressions.<br /><br />Tweets that have received the most retweets or interactions now appear larger on a person's profile.<br /><br />Keeping the new numbers in mind, in March this year, Twitter posted a blog announcing a new range of photo options. <br /><br />Users can now add up to four pictures in each tweet, where they could only previously add one.<br /><br />The firm also added the ability to tag up to 10 friends in a photo, without using up any of the tweets 140 characters.<br /><br />Many users also spotted last month that the Retweet button had been replaced with a Facebook-style 'Share' button.<br /></p>