People often wonder about the purpose of Twitter, and most people fail to see the benefit of a Twitter account. I don't blame them, and I'm not going to try to convince them of Twitter's greatness. Instead, I'm going to share with you how EiH uses Twitter and why you should follow EiH on Twitter.

1. On This Day Tweets: Get hourly tweets about what happened on any given day in history. I used to post a list on here at the beginning of each day, but that became tiresome and the lists would get really long on some days.
   

2. Daily Dose of Quotes: Some are inspirational, others are silly, but they can often help you through your day. I especially enjoy the quotes from people from long ago whose words still apply today.
   

3. Links to other sites: If you recall the post about the methods of accessing EiH, there is a Posterous blog called EiH Lite. Basically, I use it when Twitter does not afford enough characters, but I don't need to use a full blog post. As such, I tend to share extended quotes on it, as well as "this day in history" events that warrant more explanation than Twitter's character limit allows.
4. Contests: I plan on having contests in 2010 that will be exclusive to EiH's Twitter followers. If you don't follow, you'll miss out on winning some great stuff.
5. Interact with other history and trivia lovers: One of my favorite things to do on Twitter is retweet interesting posts from other Twitterers. Sometimes those tweets reach my weekend Links of Interest posts, but not every retweet is a link, and why wait until the weekend to read something you can read in real time?
   

There you have it; the top 5 reasons for following EiH on Twitter. While you need a Twitter account to be able to interact, I understand if you have a Twitter aversion and you don't want to sign up for an account. However, you can still keep up with EiH on Twitter because the profile is public. Simply go to http://twitter.com/HistoryOfAll and bookmark the site. You can even subscribe to EiH's Twitter RSS feed (although if you go that route you might as well sign up for a Twitter account). Either way, I look forward to interacting with you on Twitter. P.S. My personal Twitter account is @TamahomeJenkins, so if EiH doesn't follow you back, I probably will. Feel free to leave your username (or that of your favorite Twitterer) in the comments!