I don't know how many of you use Twitter, but I'm a self-diagnosed addict. It's not that I tweet all the time, but I DO read tweets all the time. Especially when I'm trying to put off doing homework, I update my TwitterFeed on my phone constantly to see what others are saying.
What I was noticing today is what people actually tweet about. What's their purpose? Some are easy to see - this tweet is informative, this tweet is a person venting on Twitter because they're annoyed with something, this tweet is just super generic and searching for lots of "favorites" or "retweets" (those of you unfamiliar with Twitter, this is similar to a "Like" on Facebook). If I look at my TwitterFeed now, this is what I see (I won't mention names):
"So glad I have a close guy friend I can tell everything to #bestadvice"
"'Is that your sister in left field... naked?' #lol #bestline"
"I can't do the #10PeopleImGladIMet trend because I'm glad to have met everybody in my life :)"
"You need a serious reality check."
"CP DANCE TEAM, TEXT ME BEFORE TOMORROW MORNING #URGENT"
"The music in transformers is way to f*****g epic"
Sorry for the language, but I felt I should keep it true to what I see.
Why do so many people at our school feel the need to share every thought, every frustration, every funny moment to the public? I'm a bit of a hypocrite, because I find myself doing it too, but I have yet to discover the purpose of this media. We teenagers are really weird.
This post could have been titled "If a tree falls..." as well, as each little tweet is someone cutting down a tree, but instead of nobody being around to hear it, a hundred million chainsaws are roaring at the same time, and you can't discern which is which, except for those whose chainsaws are louder or sound different. So many people think what they say online will be noticed, but there is a guilty pleasure in thinking you have your own fanclub out there. Heck, why am I even commenting, nobody's going to read it! (see what I did there?)
ReplyDeleteI like that, Cody! I actually laughed at the "fan club" bit, because it's so sad but strikinly true!
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