Well, I must admit, I got a little excited tweeting something for the first time! I realize I have 0 followers and it will never be read, but still, I sent a message out there to the universe and it's just as likely to be received as talking to my teenagers...oh, I'm quickly losing the excitement!
I enjoyed my Twitter experience. I can see some of the merits in it but I still see a lot of drawbacks such as giving too much power to celebrities and pseudo-celebrities and sports stars to impact the opinions of those who accept everything said to them without real knowledge. Also, people tweet things very quickly after an event and often come to regret what they have written. Perhaps my biggest beef is the fact that it is a major time waster for follower and followee and do we really need more time spent on our electronic devices!
I know I sound like a curmudgeon who should be living off the grid but these are my feelings about many social networking sites such as Facebook. Too many naive teenagers are using the site, posting things that are forever out in cyberspace and not using the privacy settings.
Although I found using Twitter interesting and a wee bit exciting, I probably won't use it after the course is finished simply due to lack of time.
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