Blog About Twitter

Twitter is a very popular social network and also one of the most well known social media network. Many people use twitter today including celebrities, businesses, restaurants, etc. People use it to post about their daily life or something that they want to get out there for other people to see or read about, in this case its called a "tweet". I would say that there is a difference between Twitter, Black Board Discussions, and in class discussions. Twitter is a social media network and black board discussions and in class discussion are not, they are more of a CUNY academic use purposes.

Twitter is for people to tweet about their daily life experiences and something that they can freely talk about. They can say whatever they want it and use whatever kind of language they want.  Whether it's cursing at someone, slang, saying bad things about someone, it's basically theirs to use. They can basically do whatever they want with it. Celebrities use it to connect with their fans and sometimes they even talk back to you and to talk to other people you would have to use the "@" sign or the "#" signs. Businesses use it to expand their business and to get more well known. Nike uses it to release new shoes and you would have to use twitter to buy their new limited sneakers because they will tweet the link out and you would directly have to use that link. Restaurants use it tweet coupons or to advertise something new in their stores. Twitter is more of a public use to socialize.

Black Board Discussions are mainly use for academic purposes, well at least what I know of. All of my Black Board Discussions are for school purposes. It is different than Twitter because not a lot of people use Black Board Discussions than twitter and it is also not for public socializing. Black Board Discussion are for classmates and professors to have a discussion about things, whether it is about homework, a reading, a project, etc. There are limited views for Black Board Discussions, only your classmates and your professors can see them. Also on Black Board Discussion you have to be more professional about what you say and have more of a proper language. You can't curse or saying anything rude that would offend your classmates or your professor.

In-Class Discussions would probably be more different than Twitter and Black Board Discussions because it is more a of a face to face discussion. You will basically have an audience and professors to listen to what you have to say. Some times there are people that don't like speaking in front of the class, whether you are shy, you don't like public speaking, you are afraid to be wrong, you might have an accent, etc. Sometimes there are in-class discussions that you have and you can speak your mind and use whatever language you want, you can curse, you can rant about things, you can speak your opinion, etc.

There is a difference between Twitter, Black Board Discussion and In-Class Discussion. Twitter is more of a social media network and you can do whatever you want about it, Black Board Discussion is more for CUNY school academic purposes and In-Class Discussion is more of a in-person discussion. But overall they are there for you to communicate whether its to the public, to your classmates, to your professor, etc.