It's March 21, 2009 and not only is it my daughter's 18th birthday and the first day of spring but today it is also Twitter's Birthday. Let's Celebrate! Twitter is three years old today. Congratulations to Jack Dorsey, Evan Williams, Biz Stone [on TED] and others on their team.

• Judyrey tweets, "Happy Birthday to you...Happy birthday to you...Happy Biirrrthday, dear Twitter, Happy Birthday to you! - Marilyn Monroe"

I would really call that shouting out some twitterlove.

The New York Times published an article about sugar today. We could easily connect love with sugar and sweets. Well, this is a new era. The public has made it known that corn syrup and sweeteners are out and sugar is back in vogue. The Times states sweets are, "Blamed for hyperactivity in children and studied as an addictive substance, sugar has had its share of image problems. But the widespread criticism of high-fructose corn syrup — the first lady, Michelle Obama, has said she will not give her children products made with it — has made sugar look good by comparison.

Lets give hugs and twitterlove rather than treats.
This is a very strong statement and carries a lot of weight when our first lady boldly goes where others have demured to go. We must get our nation back on track for healthy eating and living. Lets give real love and not substitute artificial sweeteners. Of course, there will be those holding up progress. As much as I "love" scientists [yes, my husband is one of those.] The Times articles goes on to state,

• Most scientists do not share the perception.Though research is still under way, many nutrition and obesity experts say sugar and high-fructose corn syrup are equally bad in excess. But, as is often the case with competing food claims, the battle is as much about marketing as it is about science.

Twitterlove, like hugs, says I appreciate you. I like you. I support what you are doing and saying.

• _{You can follow me on twitter too at DebbyBruck}
  
• _{Sweet Treat - Click name links on this hub to follow their twitter!}

Twitter is the fastest growing Social Network, MicroBlog that connects friends, families, co-workers, businesses and people around the world. Limited to 140 characters, tweets are shortened into pithy statements. Lengthy greetings and communications use symbols and hashtags to give meaning and link groups with similar interests.

THE EVOLUTION OF TWITTER
The secret language behind these signs are evolving as people use this system and mode of communication. The codes will expand as we find new uses for them. This is what I've gleaned so far.

GRATITUDE FOR RECOMMENDATIONS
People have been using #TwitterLove as a form of gratitude. Use this sweet sign to thank people for their generosity. Maybe they've become a friend or follower. On "FollowFriday tweeters recommend people to follow. That's a good time to send out twitterlove. If you have a twitwall you can recommend people visit your wall and become a fan.

THANK YOU NOTE
Use twitterlove to thank people for Retweeting [RT] or for helping out when you ask a question that needed an answer.

SUPPORT ACKNOWLEDGED
Just like a hug or a phone call that reaches out and touches someone. Using the word love delivers a heartfelt emotion.

ENCOURAGEMENT
Twitterlove shows encouragement and affirmation. Send #twitterlove to anyone out there on twitter that is going through a crisis, hard time, healing and needs prayer or encouragement.

RELATIONSHIP BUILDING
People are actually forming relationships through the twitter Social Network. Therefore, people could fall into "Twitterlove." You could tweet your divine love a sugary message with a "Twitterlove" salutation. In this open social network, when people see all the chattering back and forth they might inquire, "So, are you guys in #Twitterlove?"

One tweeter did an informal survey asking whether any romances, marriages, and children were started on Twitter.

People pronounce how they simply adore the medium of Twitter in its many wonderful ways. Here's a sweet tweet, "..thing I love about twitter is that it's always alive no matter what time it is! twitterlove"

Where ever you might use the term, "love," you can substitute "twitterlove."

• I feel the twitterlove
  
• This guy spreads twitterlove almost daily
• This one was real cool. "Yeay! My world is complete" #twitterlove

THE HEART SYMBOL
I've seen the "I heart you" posted in a tweet. Go to TweetSmarter to get the keyboard symbol.

DRESS UP THE HOLIDAY
Of course it comes in handy for Valentine's Day and any other holiday where love is the main ingredient.

• Any Twitter love stories in time for V-day?
  
• Don't be surprised if you see "twitterlove" flying on Mother's Day.

Read "Five Ways to Show Twitter Love" by Shonali Burke an independent consultant who believes in the power of community. Enamored with the power of twitter she wrote a blog for others who have fallen in love with Twitter. Shonali listed five ways to show your Twitter love on Valentine’s Day:

1. Mr.Tweet
2. Retweet
3. FollowFriday
4. Engage
5. Go offline

Some profess their "Twitterlove" at all times of day. Any hugs and kisses out there? I won't be surprised when we hear about marriage proposals via Twitter. In that case, people will be going offline to consumate the relationship.

We Love Twitter
We absolutely love our little ones when they are young. So too, Twitter is in her infancy and we have no idea how she will grow and what direction she will take as she moves forward with input from so many creative minds.

Thank you to all those who gave love ♥ Retweet to this page!

A chef created a page of Twitter Love! Check out Savory.TV that shows all the fans he has gathered. PS Savory posts tasty recipes.

An entire Social Ning Network was created due to Twitter's rise in popularity. Guess what it's called? That's right - Twitterlove.

TWITTER IS HOT - I ♥ Twitter
Warren Sukernek of Twittermaven says. . .
Even though Twitter is one of the largest social networks and grew 813% last year as reported by Compete, it is still fairly niche. Twitter is now ready to go mainstream and all of these efforts are in support of that. Mainstream users are joining because Twitter is hot and the attraction to see celebrity’s inner most and even mundane thoughts is huge. The goal of these efforts is to build Twitter’s user base and volume.

PROMOTIONAL PRODUCTS
Yup. Really hit the big time now. Check these out.

Mashable The Social Media Guide Pens This article
Mashable Rocks: Show Us Your Twitter Love
Everyone is asking for twitter love even Mashable. In one blog post Mashable says, " Mashable reviews how much you love us by adding our Twitter account to your list of must-reads. Our Mashable Twitter account is maintained by the boss man, Pete Cashmore[299,208 followers at the time of this article], and serves information about Web 2.0 news in addition to all of our posts — all in your Twitter reviews stream."

The Other Side of Love
Tim Berry writes about Twitter Hate and also Twitter Love in his article "Loving and Hating Twitter in Five Easy Pieces." He agrees that twitter keeps information flowing in relationships - that includes professional, as well as. Compressing thoughts into 140 characters or less can create surprisingly excellent scripts. Tim enjoys the ability to remove yourself from following when their tweets get to be a repetitive sales pitch or simply annoying. Ah relief!
And one great thing about twitter when the tweets are authentic - that prominent issue of 'transparency' is expressed with every sweet tweet.

What do you think?

Twitterholic.com
Infatuated with lovely twitter? If you have fallen head over heels for her then perhaps you've gone overboard and become a twitterholic. I think of twitter as a feminie bird even though she's depicted as blue. Can you believe our beloved Twitter is only number four on the popularity chart? Find out who are the most popular twitter users. As of this writing CNN, Barack Obama, and Britney Spears are listed before Twitter. Creators of Twitterholic.com want you to follow them at @alexrudloff and @gavin #TwitterLove

Twitter is all about making connections. Friends, business partners, groupies and lovers. Ties all your connections together. Nice little video for this API or else just use FriendFriendConnect.

TwitterLove: Applying the Social Graph API by John Musser
Although this program does not fill in all the thumbnail images you can still click to open the page where you have something posted. Want to visualize someone’s “following” list on Twitter? Thanks to this creative application of the Google Social Graph API you can. Even though Social Graph API was just released a couple weeks ago it didn’t take long before creative developers began seeing ways to put it to use. And as you can see in our TwitterLove profile the application uses 2 other APIs including the Twitter API to create a timeline and the Japanese service

SimpleAPI.net to create thumbnails. The Social Graph API - Making Friends on the Internet Linking Friendship accounts and all your accounts

TWITTER SONGS
Whether it's a ballad, rock, or jazz, musicians are singing about Twitter and twitterlove. There will be classics. Check out the top ten on the charts.

#HASHTAG LISTING
One more thing. I've added "TwitterLove" to the hashdictionary as we expand our vernacular with the changing technology.