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Mrs. Ebert
September 9, 2013
Composition 1

Twitter Mania
Our world seems to be filled with things that take away from having true human interaction. I have realized over the years how so many things can distract us from truly connecting to people. I truly ponder that if technology would have never been invented would people not be so afraid of social occasions? Thats a true question to ask yourself.
Twitter is a main social network that helps us become less personable. When you use
Twitter you know what someone is doing every second, gain an understanding of their stance on certain topics, their credibility, and who they are socially.
First, by using Twitter you can see what someone is doing literally every second, minute, or hour. When you tweet it shows up on other peoples feed and pretty much anyone can see it. It is a very public site. This means that people are taking the time to tweet about what they are doing instead of connecting with the people that they are with at the time and enjoying the atmosphere they are in. This action of constantly updating others on social networking takes away from the idea of having a conversation with someone about what you've been up to in your life !

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Second, normally what people end up tweeting about is something they feel passionate about. This could come in many forms from their stance about the american government to the new music video Miley Cyrus has posted world wide. This is when tweeting can become a little controversial. When people begin to put their true feelings out in public people start to judge their morals. This is when people start to get into
“Twitter Wars” which is when they fight over social media instead of having a productive discussion. They say nasty things over tweets at each other until one person wins. This is not the morals we were raised on; two wrongs don't make a right.
Third, you can detect someones credibility. Credibility can either be common sense, street credit, or factual credit depending on what the person is trying to make their point about. When using Twitter it is important that your