(note- sorry its late had to move house and my laptop was packed away and only just received it)
Twitter, a flying success for social networking?
Jordan Fletcher
(Facebook and Twitter, two of the best social networking sites in competition)
This blog is about the success of twitter and how it affects us in everyday life. For those who don't know twitter is a site where people can post there everyday thoughts and feelings to anyone and everyone. Unlike Facebook another huge social networking site you can 'follow' anyone you want without there consent. However you don't have to follow them back as you can choose who to follow.
There are many different opinions in twitter from many people. An article published by the Time magazine by Johnson,S shows a negative opinion about twitter. I can tell this because of the language he uses. Why does the world need this? and sarcastic comments such as "If only there were a technology that would allow me to send a message to my 50 friends, alerting them in real time about my choice of breakfast cereal". Comments and questions like this shows a negative lexis and feel about twitter. It makes the reader feel that Twitter is unnecessary as it is unimportant and ridiculous to post stupid comments like this to the world.
Despite negative articles like this Twitter is a massive success! Facts and figures from 2012 show this. For example there are over 100 million active twitter accounts, this shows a huge success in this social networking site as millions of people log in everyday to use this site.
My opinion about Twitter varies. On one hand I don't think twitter is a good thing as internet addiction is a huge problem in children and teens and his site will cause problems in the life of teens and children. However as a person I rather like the idea of Twitter. Twitter can be a source of escapism as you can post whatever you want, your thoughts and feelings and see that others share your opinions.
Bibliography
Johnson, S (05.06.09) How Twitter Will Change The Way We Live (accessed 22. 10. 13)
Beavan,K (06.03.08) article for the Guardian Why are there no spam or trolls on Twitter? (accessed 22.10.13)
Collier, S (16.07.12) 20 illuminating facts about Twitter: 2012 edition article on PR Daily (accessed 22.10.13)
