When being asked about twitter, people always feel surprised at the magical power of it that so many people are using twitter nowadays and it is more than just a social web for many people. People send short messages about their daily life on twitter’s web site. Friends and families can know what you are doing at the moment with the help of twitter. Even the strangers can get some information of you if they are interested in you and choose to follow you. Because of the popularity of twitter, people can use it as a channel to speak out their opinions as well as a platform to perfome and become noticed.
Many people argue that twitter makes friends become strangers in some way—in the same way that people criticize the internet. However, the twitter does give people, especially the common people a sense of being noticed—with so many followers and many of them are even strangers. Just as that article said, twitter has become an important marketing tool for celebrities, politicians and businesses, promising a level of intimacy never before approached online, as well as giving the public the ability to speak directly to people and institutions once comfortably on a pedestal. (Twitter, New York Times.http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/business/companies/twitter/index.html)
First, in my opinion, the reason why the twitter is so popular partly is that it can give the common people a sense of satisfaction and pleasure as being noticed as the celebrities. It is quite understandable that people all want to draw others’ attention and become the star of a certain group. In the past, it was only the celebrities can afford the money to make themselves famous and known to the public. However, the appearance of twitter enables the common people to publish their sayings on the internet and get access to a broader audience. Twitter provide a channel for the common people to make their voice being heard and makes it possible for more people to be involved in many serious issues, such as the important role twitter played in the Egyptian Revolution. There are some links about the Egyptian Revolution:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqHPRHOHcN8; http://www.fastcompany.com/1727466/exactly-what-role-did-social-media-play-in-the-egyptian-revolution
Second, with the help of social media, it is much easier now for people to stand out in the group. Twitter is just one example of the convenience the internet brings to us. It is said that most twitter users (45 percent) were 18 to 34 years old. 24 percent of Twitterati were 35 to 49 years old, and 14 percent were 50 years and up, with 14 percent ages 13 to 17 (— from Cross, M. 2011. ‘Twitter World’ in Bloggerati, Twitterati: how blogs and twitter are transforming popular culture, Praeger P 54). So both young and old people are using twitter nowadays. As long as you are popular on twitter, it is very easy for people to know you, since the range of the users is so broad. Just clicking the keyboard several times and people can send a message to the public. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UFsJhYBxzY&feature=relmfu
Twitter, faster than earthquakes:
Twitter, faster than earthquakes:
Third, the reason why twitter is so popular is that it narrows down the gap between the common people and the celebrities. First of all, the common people can post their thoughts on the internet and make the whole world know about them. Second, the twitter makes it easy for people to communicate with the celebrities, as more and more celebrities have their own twitters, the public can receive the messages from their favorite pop-stars immediately.
All in all, twitter opens a platform for people to send short messages to the public and receive a kind of satisfaction from the followers. By satisfying people’s will to be noticed, twitter hits its successes over the night.
Here is an article I found on the internet about twitter. Maybe you can find more information from it:
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