What Do People Use Twitter For?

Everyone’s on Twitter. But what are they actually doing there? This study tells something*:

Keep in touch with friends : 41.6%
Update Status : 29.1%
Find News and stay updated : 25.8%
Work related : 21.7%
For research : 9.4%
For fun : 0.3%
Other : 4.6%

*respondents chose more than one option