Wednesday, November 3, 2010

Twitter

Twitter is a website where one can post what they are during, future announcements or photos. After posting a text that is 140 words or less, all of that person’s “followers” can see what they have written. Twitter connects people in society. Friends can see what other friends are doing at any given moment. Companies can use it to promote a product or business and celebrities can use it to increase their fan base. Twitter can have a positive effect on Business because it can increase their income and popularity. If a business tweets about a certain sale or new product, other people might see that and want to go buy something from their business. It can be used to promote business. Twitter can have a positive effect on ones social life since it can connect friends together. However it could also have a negative effect on ones social life if Twitter is abused. Twitter could be used to harass, make fun of or degrade other people. It could even ruin ones future in the sense of posting pictures of illegal activities. If celebrities tweet about their day or upcoming events, they could increase their popularity. News corporations also use Twitter to their advantage as they could post new events more quickly and efficiently. Twitter can also be fun for people as they read other people’s posts that may be funny. Fans of celebrities may also like to use twitter in order to follow what there doing. Twitter can also be abused. People can make fun of other people on twitter or say mean things. People can be suspended from school if they tweet inappropriate things and people could even be fired. Celebrities could even decrease their popularity if they post things that their fans don’t like. Twitter has positive effects on life while it also has its negative effects.   

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