So the Twitter project is over and while I’m still not the biggest fan of Twitter, I see it’s relevance. Before class, I refused to get a twitter. I rarely update my facebook status and knew twitter would be the same. Who cares what I have to say in 140 characters? No one is going to read it, or reply to it. I soon realized though, that Twitter is not so much about me sharing my day as it is about sharing mass quantities of information.
At first it was confusing. What does # mean? Why do I have to put an @ sign in front of people I want to talk to? What is RT? How do I follow people, and what does it mean when people follow me? I felt like Twitter was a whole new language that I would never understand.
After using it every day for class, I started to get the hang of it. Not only did I slowly start to understand the lingo, but I realized I could follow whoever and whatever I wanted. One of the first sources I followed was CNN and the Journal Sentinel. I like reading the paper but as a college student, I don’t have time anymore. Following news sources on Twitter game me the latest headlines at my fingertips. I didn’t have to search for anything. Next I started to follow important people at Marquette and organizations that I’m interested in working for some day. While following Sheena Carey, I was able to gain access to information about internships I may not have found out about on my own. I also started following certain celebrities, just for fun, like Stephen Colbert. His tweets are always good for a laugh.
I guess Twitter isn’t too bad. Now that the project’s over, I doubt I’ll update my status as much, but I’ll still use Twitter. I can learn more about multiple topics in just a few minutes, than if I spent hours surfing the web. That in itself is reason enough to keep logging on.
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