Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Twitter 3 of 12
What I really think about the writing space that twitter affords is that it is sometimes unnecessary and pretentious. Most people use twitter to blog about the tiniest details of their everyday life that only their closest friends would be interested in hearing about. Sometimes their closest friends aren't even interested in reading these frequent opinions. I follow about 35 people on twitter and I never care to stop and read every single tweet that comes up in my newsfeed. This is because twitter is used excessively and if I stopped to read every post of each person I follow, I probably would have to devote all of my time to this. I'm not saying that twitter is completely useless. Just as any other social networking site it promotes communication and world wide connections. I think that it is very beneficial to improve worldly connections and for people to be aware of the opinions of others. The world would not be able to function if we didn't take into account the point of view of others.
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Good point on the whole "twitter is sometimes unnecessary and pretentious" thing. This is 100% true. I also think that I log on too often to find things like "I'm making a peanut butter sandwich", I don't need to know this! I'm glad you brought this up logically and then later you also argue that it does have some upsides and can be ways of worldwide communication. Do you think that people who are "popular" on twitter and tweet all the time are the same on person? Or are these people really quiet and anti-social in person? Do they use the computer as a mask from reality? This is an excellent post, it's hard to find fault in it or find things to change!
ReplyDeleteI love the questions that you just asked because they're often things that I wonder when I see people that are popular on the internet. Personally, I know a few people that are very popular on sites like facebook, twitter, and tumblr but when it comes down to it, in person, you would never know that they have a personality because they are too quiet or shy. I think it's not so much that they hide behind their computer screens but that it is the only way they feel comfortable truly expressing themselves. I think that no matter what, they would still be uncomfortable socializing in person so at least this gives them some way to speak their minds.
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