Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Twitter Analysis


Jack DiLorenzo

Twitter Analysis

            Twitter is a huge part of the social networking field today and is very successful in pioneering a new way for people to interact with each other. With the positive aspects of Twitter, there are also negative aspects.

            Twitter is a great platform for advertising. It can make a lot of money off of it and if it’s a good advertisement, it enhances the quality of Twitter. They have to be careful though because if your newsfeed on Twitter is too bogged down with advertisements, it decreases the quality of Twitter making it obsolete and it will be possible for another site to take its place. This also happened to Digg where the quality of the website went down from over advertising and the same thing can happen to Twitter without the proper precautions.

            Twitter is an amazing source for social networking because users can interact with their friends. I believe that if twitter gains more users, it could take over Facebook for the spot of number one social networking site. Twitter could be the next Facebook if it gains a more sizable user base. That’s the only downside with the social aspect is that not everyone is on Twitter but everyone’s on Facebook.

            Entertainment is Twitter’s best feature. With Twitter, you’re able to follow what your favorite celebrities are doing or thinking like never before. Many people use Twitter for this function only. They follow musicians to see when their next tour dates are or actors for info on their next movies.  It can also be harmful to see everything a celebrity thinks because it may bring down their public image. Rapper Gucci Mane recently had to delete his twitter because of his out of control tweets. He reactivated it though after being arrested and sent to rehab. He issued an apology tweet but still, his reputation is damaged and that’s because of the negative aspects of Twitter.

            Twitter can be a great source of news. Reputable pages like CNN Breaking News can report stories literally seconds after they happen. This is one of the few forms of truly instant news coverage. This allows people to react to these stories much faster than they would if they heard about the story on TV. This can be harmful though if people believe stories on un-reputable pages. The abuse of Twitter as a news source is harmful to the overall quality of Twitter’s content. An example of this could be fake profiles pretending to be a celebrity.

 




 

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