TWITTER is for twits
(I know nothing that has already been
said)
For this dive into the world of blogging I
dove into the best of the world of micro blogging to see how much value I could
pull out of Twitter.com.
Q: What you learned about Twitter, and your opinion of it.
as you may be
able to tell I'm more of a fan of visual storytelling and sound bits as most of
my day is taken up by writing essays and apparently blogs now...along with
group projects and the like so to be able to grab a bit size of entertainment
is exactly what I am looking for. so I would say in general i like twitter but
there is always a dark side.
o A brief discussion of some of the more
common features of Twitter, e.g. how does a hashtag works.
So the actual Hash tag system i think is
rather easy to describe. A system in which liked posts can be easily grouped
together by a keep word or words. the genuine of the hash tag is that is can be
any words or combinations as long as it starts with one of these babies
"#" by adding one and adding a word all other post with the same tag
are easier to find. It also can give extra meaning to the post as Twitter has a
limited word counter to avoid lengthy post the Hash tag can help such as EXAMPLE .
o Advantages/disadvantages of Twitter
compared to blogging.
Twitter
Advantages
-Short and to the point blogging
-easy tagging system
-easy to user interface (finding new content is fast and enjoyable
with a simple design)
Disadvantages
-Hard to make a name because the large membership
- Restricted to only 140 characters. hard to convey complex
ideas.
- Little to no over site on content so very nasty tweets or
misinformation spread.
Blogger
Advantages
-Allows for longer posts where twitter is limited to 140
characters, blogger is unlimited!
-Allows for greater degree of freedom of design and templates and
total customizable
-It's Free! And is attached to your google account because you can’t
make one without it
Disadvantages
-Also lacks over site and blogs of varying degrees of evil and
nasty.
-finding new blogs is a special kind of pain, there is a next blog
button but it was impossible to know what the blog was next.
-layout system is a joke. Difficult to navigate and edit. the
system isn’t friendly to new users and thus creates a blog that Twitter simply
doesn't have.
140 characters no more, the greatest disadvantage is also the
greatest thing about twitter. The limited characters focuses a person’s writing
to try and convey the point as simply as possible. Where blogger seems to
go on forever with really long posts about seamlessly nothing and never getting
to the point. Perhaps it is my background in business but I prefer the straight
forward approach.
o Include an example of misinformation that was spread using
Twitter within the last six months.
After the release of the iPhone 6 an image was circulated around
the net and on twitter that the new iPhone could be charged using the
microwave. Some clever Photoshop to make it look like an official Apple product
and enough people endorsing it there is bound to be one or two people try it
out because I read it on the internet it must be true logic.
Impressed by the iPhone 6 and how it bends the rules? Then you're going to love #iOS8's exclusive update: #Wave! pic.twitter.com/ltkvL423Mf
— ⚠ Chase ⚠ (@ConeOfFire) September 24, 2014
I can't imagine the result being pretty but this shows the power the internet has over most people and this should be a red flag for anyone who is diving into the Net for knowledge.
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