Social Networking and Twitter

Networking is very important to a lot of people and in the past the ways to get in touch with people were limited. The creation of the internet opened up a whole new way of reaching people. It allows people to connect with others, which they wouldn’t be able to reach with if it wasn’t for the internet. One of the first popular networking sites was MySpace then more sites came out and had different functions. Another was Facebook and that is currently the most popular networking site. But now a newer site has come about and its called Twitter. It allows you to post a message about what you are doing in your everyday life, normally if you had something to say you had to talk to one person at a time. Now with twitter who ever follows you gets your post so you don’t have personally reach each person you want to tell your information with. These sites are very similar but have enough subtle differences that make them unique.

It can be used in a broad range of networking. Its not only social networking, talking to people you know but it can be used for business networking. Many businesses used twitter in order to reach out to a lot of people. It’s also to have everyone in the business to be able to connect with each other quickly. It is used in entertainment because you can follow your favorite stars and you are able to know what is going on with them at any given moment. It is also a great source of news because you receive new information faster than anything else. These are just some of the many ways that sites like twitter can be used in order to connect people.

The thing is it does come with its share of problems. One is that people get addicted to it and they are constantly doing it. You would think that it’s making people more social but in a way its not. People now would rather you text them or send them a tweet than rather actually talking to a person on the phone. It’s ironic because these things are to get people to be more social but in a way it’s doing away from actual contact and you need that to actually get to know someone. You can’t tell a person’s mood by text and a little face that frowns, it doesn’t do emotions justice. Another problem is people are relying on this too much. If they are unable to reach these sites for some reason people don’t know what to do, they are lost.

So there is a fine line that has to be walked when using these technologies. On one hand it is good to be able to share stuff that normally you wouldn’t be able to but on the other it’s coming to a point where it’s getting ridiculous. So it is good to use these things but they just need to be used in moderation because too much can actually can cause problems.