How many of us use twitter? I personally haven't jumped on the twitter train quite yet. Who is really interested in the day to day activities of my life? After all isn't twitter simply one more social tool we use to keep in contact with friends and family? Well according to a Times article by Steven Johnson twitter has taken on a much more important role in our world today. With only 140 character posts twitter has amazingly become one of the largest platforms for government, large corporations and us as citizens to get our opinions and messages out there. Twitter has given a voice to those who may never have had a voice before. Online debates over twitter are constantly on going. One messages is posted and next thing you know it has gone viral. Opinions and ideas are pouring in. People who may never have expressed their thoughts before are now actively involved in the issues they find important. Twitter has opened up our world of communication like never before.
With the popularity of twitter on the rise all eyes are watching. Messages posted through twitter spread like wild fire, so what better way to get your message out there. Twitter itself has led to even more virtual technology. The #hashtag and @tag were created after Twitter, to further allow users to include information in their posts. We see apps and twitter programs that have been developed so users can tweet from their cell phones. Twitter has become so accessible and easy to use that it cant help but gain new users every day.
In the world of social media, such as facebook and twitter, we have almost unlimited access to information about our friends and family in just the click of a button. Where they are, what they're doing, who they're with, these questions are all easily answered thanks to the wide spread of social media. But when is all the information maybe just a little "TMI"? With facebook trends like "25 things about me" where users post 25 things about themselves on their feed, are we taking the sharing of our personal information just a little to far?
According to a Times article by Claire Suddath entitled "25 Thing I Didn't Want to Know About You" she discusses the issue of too much information. With social media tools opening the world of communication and sharing have we as a society crossed that line between public and private? Are we making ourselves look bad by posting things like "I like to sing in the shower" or "I eat Cheerios in bed"? Is this type of information sharing really necessary or beneficial? Some might argue that it is all in good fun, and millions of facebookers out there will defend these type of activities. With a society that is living our lives online we need to asks ourselves when is it all just a little "TMI"?
Nice work. It is crazy to see how far twitter has come.
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