Twitter

About a month ago I decided that I needed to get with the new technology and not be afraid of it. Sure, I used email and read newspapers online and played a few games before, but not much else. That’s when I started this blog and joined Twitter. Twitter was something totally new to me and kind of intimidating. I never wanted to go on Twitter in the past because I thought you would constantly be receiving tweets and have to answer them immediately. I found out it’s not like that at all. You can initiate and respond to tweets anytime you want to; or not respond at all. It’s entirely at your discretion. You can choose the groups and individuals you want to follow and indicate whether you want to receive notifications or not.

Twitter helps me stay on top of all the breaking news, because all the major news channels and newspapers tweet current news as it happens (as does the president and mayor). It also puts me in contact with people that have many diverse viewpoints, that I probably wouldn’t meet in real life; but on Twitter we can connect and share ideas freely. I have met wonderful people on Twitter and they are very nice. However, my favorite thing on Twitter is not the people, but the pets (namely dogs). I love seeing photos of dogs on the WeRateDogs @dog_rates hashtag. Below is a photo of Rosie as a puppy that I posted on Twitter.

So, if you’re not on Twitter I would say to give it a try…it’s a lot of fun!