Web 2.0: Twitter

I must confess I have not given much thought at all to Twitter. Having lived 98% of my life in a world without social media, I am too accustomed to gathering my information a much slower pace.


I see how Twitter is a great promotional tool - an effective way for a popular organizations (musical groups, sports teams, cults..) to keep thier followers whipped up in a frenzy. I imagine Miley Cyrus frequently sends out tweets like "Are you coming to my Concert tonight? Remember to buy a T-shirt!" I also see how kids can use Twitter to text all thier friends at once - very efficient.

There may be very practical uses for Twitter. Maybe everyone could follow a local emergency alert service on Twitter, so if a tornado was heading to their town, everyone would get a tweet warning them. I'm sure something like that will happen in the future.