Twitter
Twitter
is described as an information network that can connect someone to the latest
stories, ideas, opinions and news about interesting topics and other people. Twitter
originally started off as a Podcasting company before it became what it is
today. Twitter is almost like a blog, but each post has a 140 character limit.
These posts are called Tweets. You can also Retweet other people’s comments,
use hashtags and scroll through others feed. You have the power to follow
whomever you want and it can provide you information that interests you. This
means Twitter can be used for business, social, entertainment, news and
recreational purposes. It is found all over the world even with the mobile app,
people post daily about their lives or products. This could give the reader
more insight to what a company has to offer or it can help someone get to know
another person better. However, this technology can be abused and used for
other inappropriate things.
Twitter
can be used for business purposes. Some of these purposes are good while some
of them are bad. This network allows businesses to reach out to customers and
share quick information about their product or businesses. This also means businesses
can receive feedback about their products. Say a new company wanted to explain
what their product does, they could insert a link into a tweet so a person who’s
interested in that topic will look at it and get even more information. However,
this means that a tweet is so short that the owners of the product may not be
able to fully describe the product, so some people may just scroll past their
comment. Twitter is also used for social purposes. Since this is a social
network, you can see what other people post and you can find out a lot about a
person by what they post on their feed. By using Twitter you can have short
conversations, or find out what is happening in your community and society. This
can keep you aware of what is going on in you day to day life that you may want
to pay attention to.
More
uses of the networking site, Twitter, include entertainment and news. Many
celebrities use Twitter and they tweet about things too. This means many people
can see what a celebrity is up to if they post something. These posts can be
about whatever they want but they run the risk of what they posted being used
against them. Again this is saying that whatever is posted on this website
cannot be taken down and it can be used against you. People can abuse the use
of twitter for entertainment, however. They may post inappropriate pictures of
themselves or other people. On the other hand, entertainment and news are kind
of similar in the way users can access these subjects through Twitter. A
follower can go on to Twitter and follow a page where it can tell them about
the weather, politics and recent events if they would like. This is something good
but people again can abuse the power of Twitter and make false statements which
some people may believe. With politics, it’s a very touchy topic and may offend
some people. It can ruin relationships.
Twitter
is also used for recreational purposes. This includes things that are mainly
for fun between friends. You can message other people and just post random
comments about your day or post funny pictures. A negative to posting pictures
is that people today post inappropriate things such as, pornography. This is an
inappropriate use of this networking site and there could be many more abuses
of Twitter out there but this is a major one. Also, you can learn more about a
person you a following but it also means it doesn’t give that person a lot of
privacy because whatever is posted on the internet never goes away. Say for
instance, you write a mean comment or something racist you can create some
enemies. In addition, a nasty comment about something or some person can back
fire and be used against you. Overall, there are many useful tactics about
Twitter, but some people abuse this site.
http://www.beevolve.com/twitter-statistics/
http://science.opposingviews.com/purpose-twitter-12292.html
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