Twitter launched in 2006 and made its incredible
come up in the social media world in January of 2009. Leaving the top social
media site, also known as Facebook, up to the “old folk,” a majority of high
school and college students and celebrities slowly but surely made their way to
Twitter. I personally, did not make a Twitter page until August of 2010 and so
far have over 40,000 tweets! With 140 billion tweets per day and 6,939 tweets
per second it is safe to say that Twitter is always being used. No matter what
time of day or night, it is guaranteed at least one person is actively tweeting
on your timeline.
Just
as Facebook, Twitter has its ups and downs. The number one down would be it is
a distraction of course. Studies show that Thursday and Friday nights are when
most of the Tweeples actively tweet. It’s
Thursday night, and you know you have homework, but you also know that your
timeline is probably doing numbers. Caching over 100 tweets per refresh and
with a good trending topic for the night, helplessly you may feel obligated to
join in.
Of course some people have the
will power to log off of Twitter. So the big question that comes to mind is who
is distracted more by Twitter, males or females? It is statistically shown that
52% of people on Twitter are women. I do believe females are more distracted by
Twitter. Why, I do not know. But I know I am a tweetaholic.
A big debate is whether or not
social media is the ruiner of relationships. Some agree and others disagree. I
play both sides of the fence. First it was thought that Facebook ruined
relationships. Now of course, Twitter has to take the blame. Social networks
are just a show. When the show is about you or involves you, then of course, it
becomes personal.
Females more than males, are more
likely to get upset about a tweet made or about someone of the opposite sex
being tweeted by their insignificant other.
No I am not saying that males
don’t get mad; they do too, just not as much. Saying that Twitter messes up
relationships is like blaming a pen for your misspelled words. Followers only
know what the tweeter tells them. Yes, it is easier said than done, but if your
relationship is not strong enough to last on a social network, it probably
wasn’t strong to begin with. If you do not want anyone in your business don’t
tweet it for the world to see.
Twitter has made its way through the social media
scene but still is not the number one site used. African Americans are the
second leading ethnicity Twitter; Caucasians being the leading ethnicity. Sadly
stated, no matter how much we hate our addictions to Twitter, even if we don’t
feel like tweeting, lurking is still an option. Nothing upsets people more than
those followers who don’t actual tweet but just read their timeline. It’s okay
to lurk sometimes, but all the time? You might as well go read Facebook
statuses! Just like Black Planet and Facebook, Twitter too will soon be
replaced by another social network. Until then I will continue tweeting. So
follow me on twitter @_GUCCIMAE !