I can’t get over how Twitter has exploded in the last few weeks. I’m constantly seeing newspaper articles devoted to the popularity of the social networking and micro-blogging website. There is an article from the Toronto Star commenting on Mayor David Miller and his twittering, to articles in the Globe and Mail giving advice on Twitter etiquette. There are also opinion pieces dedicated exclusively to Twitter and its popularity. The idea of updating your status and giving accounts of your current activities in one-hundred-and-forty characters or less seems to be very appealing to many people.
Personnally, i don’t really understand all the hype. I think Twitter is an excellent way for businesses and professionals to communicate and share information, but I don’t really like the idea of it being used as a means of constantly updating friends on what you are having for breakfast. Perhaps it’s because the idea of constantly informing friends of your activities verges on the narcissistic, or maybe because I personnally wouldn’t want to share every detail of my life with everyone in my network.
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