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The Colonial Gazette Fairfax High School Los Angeles, CA
Issue Date: Monday, November 02, 2009 Issue: Vol. 135 #1 Last Update: Thursday, November 05, 2009


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Aaron Sayago
A twittering teen stares into screen confused.
“Ugh” is the sound that I made after experiencing the networking website twitter.com for the first time. As much speed and information today’s technology provides, Twitter is an example of going overboard with this technology.$0Twitter, like MySpace and Facebook, allows people to connect, communicate, and “interact” online. Twitter’s bell and whistle is its primary form of communication through users posting on the website what they are currently doing and their mood, or “status.” $0Other than telling the whole cyber world exactly what they are doing, users will not find new or innovative features that they couldn’t find on either MySpace or Facebook. In fact, it is essentially a primitive, if not watered-down, rip off of MySpace and Facebook. Sure, the web design may be different, the page might have a different name, but to say that twitter is innovative is dead wrong.$0It is one thing to use the Internet to access information online or communicate with people around the world. It’s another to announce to the whole world what you are doing at every moment. But other than online sexual predators and stalkers, does anyone care if a user feels “fly” or attractive? Even through computer coding, this statement reeks of insecurity, stupidity, and an ego that could rival Kanye West’s.  Also, there is a complete difference between being “flirtatious” on twitter and actually going out and meeting people. $0Teens enjoy the website and are on it with a Los Angeles Dodgers’ fan-like devotion, but eventually, they will have to sign off and join what is commonly known as reality. $0In the age of “LOLs” (laugh out loud) and “ROFL” (rolling on the floor laughing), twitter yet another Internet hit. Maybe it is because teens are reaching out to others and sharing what they wouldn’t share in the real world. Whatever the reason, twitter is a blossoming newcomer in the realm of networking websites and its here to stay.

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