Recently (as in two days ago) I got into the phenomenon known as Twitter. Admittedly, I still don't "get" it, but it as I am progressing, there are a lot of pretty good features about it.
First, I don't have to mutually follow people. What I mean by that is I don't have to be friends with someone for them to access me or for me to access them. I prefer that. A lot of Facebook "friends" I added out of guilt a little bit, and now I could really care less about their status. In Twitland, I can just pick and choose who I follow.
Second, the trending topics are very useful. I'm sure someone could point out the hive mind mentality here but all the same, Twitter knows the news faster than a lot of media outlets (I don't know how) (I also am not giving them as much credibility but still). And it's popular news, too. Good stuff. Another, more trivial use is that people's opinions on movies trend a lot. I can read what they thought about it in 140 characters. Glorious.
Perhaps Twitter is like the jellybean example, where the individual guesses average is the closest to the amount of beans in the jar. I can't really be sure yet, but I like what I see.
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I agree that the trending topics and instance information on Twitter is a really useful. It is a self correcting media.
ReplyDeleteI enjoy the trending topics feature of twitter. It was very useful during the VMA's when Kayne pulled his stunt on stage with Taylor Swift. The trending topic of the night #Kayne allowed me to learn about an incident i would not have normally heard about because i do not watch the vmas.
ReplyDeleteThe trending topics is a remarkable thing. There are topics trending about news that has barely hit yet. Shows you how media savvy twitter users are.
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