Twitter-Mania

Twitter was created by a 10 person start up in San Francisco, called Obvious, which is a mixture of messaging, social networking, microblogging for the idea that people should enjoy an "always on" virtual omnipresence. Twitter's rapid growth made it the object of intense interest and a fair amount of ridicule. But it's use in Iran in the wake of the disputed presidential election of June 2009 to organize protests and disseminate information in the face of a news media crackdown brought it new respect. The article deals with the way media affects our lives by controlling what we say and how many characters we say it in. Twitter is a form of mircoblogging made popular by celebrities, politicians and businesses. People use Twitter to get news out, for example "...people in Iran and Moldova created their own searchable tags on Twitter to organize protests against their governments and share information with each other and the world. Moldovans used the network to rally more than 10,000 young people against their country's Communist leadership." Also in the article it said that Twitter was court ordered, petitioners said that the "Internet protocol addresses" should be private information and the information needed was too broad. Twitter is out there for news and entertainment, it has become a part of a lot of people's daily habits. Twitter can be accessed by computer, cellular phone or any devices with Internet. It affects some peoples self esteem because someone could tweet a nasty tweet about that person and not mention any names. Twitter is like a way to say what you want without the drama of putting it on Facebook and without the drama of saying it to a persons face. In my opinion Twitter is entertaining, but people need to realize that it hasn't always been around and they lived without it, society would be "healthier" if it didn't play such a huge part in peoples' everyday lives.


http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/business/companies/twitter/index.html