Blog about Twitter

A Twitter discussion is very different from a BlackBoard discussion as well as an in class discussion. What makes Twitter interesting is that it is a text based SMS type of communication social networking site. Because of this limit, this forces users to keep their conversations short and by any means misspell words in order to be within the 140 character limit. Twitter is beneficial in a number of ways because a user can use hashtags to link their tweet to that hashtag and that makes it easy for users on Twitter to respond or find your tweet. What I found most interesting about Twitter is that an American that was held captive in a Middle Eastern country for unknown reasons by the law enforcement tweeted from his cellular phone simply tweeting, "ARRESTED", which caught the attention of his friends as well as other users which led to them reaching out to the U.S. government to respond and free that person.

Besides what Twitter can be used for, Twitter keeps conversations short and simple. What makes Twitter similar is that just like BlackBoard, users can respond to your tweet and share their opinions. This is also similar to an in class conversation because anyone can comment on what you have to say and you will know who you are interacting with. The main differences between Twitter vs BlackBoard discussions and in class discussions is that there are no 140 character limits. You are free to keep on writing and voicing your opinions since there are no limits in that field. Overall, Twitter discussions makes a user think about what to say in a short response that easy to understand.