Today I deleted my twitter for many reasons....
IN FIRST REGARDS
I never really had any interest in getting a twitter account. I was kind of made to for a class that I had to take in education. I saw no point in getting another social media because I already had facebook. But, nevertheless, I got a twitter account a year ago.
AS TIME PROGRESSED
In taking this class we learned how social medias could be used for professional uses. I'm not going to lie, in the duration of this class I did see how you could connect with one another and tweet educational links and pass on information to one another. I found it pretty cool. We were networking!!!But, just like every class, it ended and there I was with a twitter account.
TWITTER BIPOLAR
As of yesterday, I had a total of 5,000 tweets within a year. That's a little much. I became trigger happy with the retweet button and loved to take part in hashtagging but, I started recognizing a trend in my tweets. Twitter made me feel like a diva. I am in no way an unhappy person but, if you were to read my tweets, you sure enough would think so. I didn't like the tone, the attitude, and the demeanor I was picking up all because of a social network. Twitter is that outlet you use when you're mad and because your entire family is on Facebook you can't really express how you feel, so you turn to twitter. I would scroll through my twitter log and all I might see is angry talk, drama filled tweets not to mention inappropriate retweets from fake accounts of actors and comedians. Why should I feel like when I'm mad I should let the world know on twitter? Whatever happened to if you have a bad day you deal with it yourself? Nah, my generation wants everyone to know and wants Someone to text them for sympathy. I've never had this kind of mindset until I got a twitter account.
SUBTWEETING
Subtweeting is pretty much, "I'm gonna talk about you and call you out and everyone is going to know it but, I'm not going to say your name". Cowardly. A great representation of my generation. We don't like confrontation. In fact, we run from it. Subtweeting is so spot on for my generation and once again I never thought of myself being this way until I got a twitter. I would watch people subtweet about one another and have this whole shabaang dished out online for the world to see when they could text one another or pick up the phone and call if they seriously had that much beef to discuss. Subtweeting is hurtful and wrong and I have taken part in it. I didn't like that.
PRIVACY
Privacy is a word that is now seen as taboo. You don't have a twitter?!?!?! You DON'T HAVE A FACEBOOK!?!?!? People consider you to be weird if you don't put your information on blast on the internet. Call me weird but, I'm taking my life back. I like interaction. I'd rather someone text me, call me, or meet me to hang out to catch up rather than stalking my facebook or tweeting me "watcha up to @Katiecumlander."
IN THE END
Twitter did nothing for me. Sure I saw how it could be used for professional uses but, I'm not there yet. I don't have that circle of people. My twitter log amounted to scripture tweets on Sundays and wastey face tweets on Thursday. It made me think all my friends are bipolar. You'd see them in person happy as could be but on twitter the most depressed in the land. I felt devious. That's not who I want to be.
BLOGGING
I came to blogging because I think blogging can help me with writing. Twitter isn't a tool for skill. But, I think blogging is. I love writing! I can consider this just practice. I also want to have one for my classroom one day so I am in blogging training. :) Hopefully Blogging is nice to me :). I never appreciated discussion topics during high school but that was mainly because I had no knowledge of the topic. But now, though college, I enjoy discussions! Hopefully, through blogging, I can have some entertaining discussions on what I write about with anybody and everybody. I think it sharpens us.
Happy Blogging!!
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