TWITTER - SAINT OR SINNER?

Twitter. The website that basically changed the way we interact. Although there are various other types of social media, Twitter is the most familar to everyone on the planet. So, Twitter - Saint or Sinner?

The upside to Twitter is our ability to connect with those we otherwise may not be able to. People with the same interests (for me it's mostly sports) get to share their frustrations and exhilirations of their team. It allows us to share moments in our lives - good and bad. For some it may be, for one reason or another, a way for them to have contact with the outside world. Ten years ago I broke my ankle and was completely homebound (my parents home, no less) for six weeks. Twitter would have kept me a much more sane person!

Twitter should never completely replace human contact, but enhance our social world. Bottom line is, Twitter can't make you anti-social, only you can do that to you.

We, as a society need to remember the same rules in life apply to Twitter. Posting on Twitter is no different than talking to someone in public; and that being insensative to people, whether it be in person or on Twitter, makes you a jerk - plain and simple.

Granted, there is (or should be) a whole differet set of rules for children. I think kids need to be closely monitored when it comes to any kind if social media.

As with people, Twitter is neither all saint or sinner. It is what you make it, just like life.

Besides, if you are reading this, it is because of Twitter. : )