Twitter Effect is what I like to call if I may, it has potent values for many people, albeit the values Twitter has for each mindful person can be very different in various degrees from spams to stellar matters of importance, to some people it’s a certain that Twitter has becoming another elite communication tool of the 21st century. Author for “Twitter at a crossroads once again,” Caroline McCarthy hints that Twitter may choose to turn itself into a less of a phenomenon — more of a cannot go without tool, and one perfect example of this would be email. Email is an exotic communication tool that came to life in the very-very late of the 20th century, it’s still very much a cannot go without tool for this early 21st century as far the eyes can see.
Twitter might succeed at turning itself into a cannot go without tool, but is it necessary? Twitter in a way is a phenomenon, and this phenomenon has solidified into a stable trend where staple of people use it every day in facilitating their agenda. Some agenda involve in making huge money, spread the words of God, alert a breaking news, UFO sighting, weird ideas, amazing experiences that convey into short, concise messages, and the bunch of farms more. In my case, I have been using Twitter to notify people about my new articles and blog posts such as this very post that you’re reading right now.
Twitter is certainly has the look of a cannot go without tool already, some Twitterers describe themselves as Twitter addicts, they cannot stop checking for new tweets and tweeting themselves all day long. No wonder, there is a device that dedicates only to Twitter which allows one thing, twittering. What about me, me me? In my case, I’m not qualify to be a Twitter addict, because to be one, you have to surf for tweets all day long; I often allow a plugin of WordPress to automatically write a tweet to notify my followers that there is a new blog post — set it once, look it twice, and sleep on it for a very long time.
Twitter is certainly a cannot go without tool for some, but I don’t think it is so for me, just not yet. I don’t think I have used Twitter at an optimum level, but my need so far isn’t demanding of Twitter much. What about you? Will Twitter be a cannot go without tool for you, or it is already so? Check out the source for a better understanding of the dilemma that Twitter is facing, and what it may do as its service gets even more popular.
Vinh Nguyen
