Twitter, the social networking site that allows users to send short messages upto 140 chars had its 20 billionth messages posted. The tweet was sent at 1544 GMT Saturday by GGGGGGo_Lets_Go, a Tokyo based graphic designer for an advertising agency. GGGGGGo_Lets_Go was swamped with congratulatory messages from around the world because of the milestone which looked like a part of a longer conversation with another user.
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