Last week, I was outraged when I read some comments on a TES forum about Twitter. Obviously, they were comments made by people who have no idea of what Twitter is about but still they have the need to criticize it.
When
my brother (
@chewie33 on Twitter) told me about Twitter last summer, I thought "what's the point in writing what you're having for breakfast?!". I didn't know much about social networking. I had just registered on Facebook and I quite liked it because I was getting in touch with old friends I had lost contact with. But that was all and I thought Twitter was completely pointless. Nevertheless, I carried on and started sharing more useful information in relation with my job and other areas of interest to me. I also started blogging on Posterous and then I started to meet new interesting people.
For me Twitter is as
@langwitches describes it in
her fantastic post about a traditional Argentinean Asado (BBQ) and Social Networking in the 21st century. It is like having a conversation with lots of different people at a party. Yesterday, I was having a leaving do at my house with a big barbecue and my friends and family and it was like being on Twitter and having different conversations about different topics. At times, I would be quiet and listening, at other times, I would be participating, I would leave a conversation and follow another one. Sometimes, the conversation would be pointless (i.e. about what we're having for breakfast! because we are humans), sometimes it would be meaningful.
Thanks to Twitter, I have met a bunch of great people from all over the world and I have learnt so much from them. My teaching job has become so much fun and exciting because I am always keen to try out the new things I learn on Twitter. So please, stop criticizing and start giving Twitter a go!
And you? what do you compare Twitter with?
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