Tomorrow in discussion I am presenting on Twitter. After using Twitter, I have come to the conclusion that it has created its own type of community in which people can speak their minds, interact with others, and find out news and gossip. Although posts are only limited to 140 characters, users are able to communicate their thoughts through tweets, which collectively shapes a persons identity on Twitter. As Liz pointed out in lecture, posts display who a person is and what is going on in their life. For example, I tweeted a post yesterday that said "This is what happens when you beat #1! Go badgers!" with a picture of the field being rushed. This portrayed to the Twitter community that I was clearly a Wisconsin Badgers fan and I had attended a football game. This also informed people who had not watched the game that the Badgers had won. My discussion question for tomorrow is: Has Twitter become a cyber-community comparable to Facebook? Is an individual able to form an identity on Twitter that is comparable to an identity formed on Facebook?
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