Twitter is used daily, actually at every moment your doing something new, one may think "Did I tweet that yet?". If you post to Twitter, you’re a writer in your own right becasue you are not allowed to write a novel with a limit of 140 characters. However, you can tell a short story instead. If you look at #OnlyOnTwitter you will find a number of posts about
writers and writing, so you should join in the fun if your interested in the topics posted.Today, I ask myself is Twitter affecting our manners when it comes to having a sit down with
- friends or family
- at events
- or in relation to a one to one interaction?
- Does the media change our interactions?
I recently went to a sit down lunch with an old friend, she was on her smart phone when I arrived at the lunch cafe' though I didn't think anything of it. Throughout the whole conversation we had, she was tweeting about our conversation and what we said about what topics. Enough is enough, I was trying to have an enjoyable lunch with an old friend though she was too busy with updating her tweets to actually engage in deep conversation. When you go out to dinner, out with friends or at work, be there. Enjoy the moment and than tweet about it later, one should not tweet as they are talking with an old friend in the middle of the conversation, that is rude!
This is what I suggest you do when going out to lunch with a friend :)
I believe that Twitter has to be monitored by what you say and when you say it. This monitoring should be done by yourself, not saying have someone monitor it for you. Some people use Twitter every few seconds which than makes your posts not as relevant or valued. Twitter is a great tool to use to get news out fast as well as receive news. Though, we must have to some boundaries when it comes to communicating on Twitter and wen we make a post. When we are off Twitter, we should be completely off Twitter when in an conversation or maybe at a concert. Twitter will still be there when your done eating or talking to your mom, friend, boyfriend.
Twitter has a positive affect on the world, though if you do not limit yourself when using it; your posts will be less valued. When in a one to one interaction or one to many, you should try to limit when you are on Twitter, so you can enjoy the moment and are not paying attention to what is going on with your "Twitter World". The negative affects of Twitter would be seen as less interaction relations with people and society becasue one may always be on your phone or laptop updating your virtual world.
I asked my mom what she thought about twitter, she said "Keeps me creeping on my kids". Hence, I will not post every second of everyday what I do with my life on twitter, instead I will actually live my life and only make posts that are worth others to read.
"We all know techno interaction is 'less human' the moment ... a total
stranger asks after 5 minutes of one-to-one conversation, 'Hey, check me
out on Facebook, it will be cool to have you as a friend.' NOT!" posted
one Telegraph reader in response to the story.
Do you agree? Look at the below link for more reading on this story...
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| CNN NEWS |
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Technology replacing personal interactions at what cost?
http://caffertyfile.blogs.cnn.com/2011/01/03/technology-replacing-personal-interactions-at-what-cost/
Below is a link to the top Twitter Facts that a twitter should know:
http://www.baselinemag.com/c/a/Intelligence/40-Fast-Facts-on-Twitter-890793/
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