In week eight, I opened an account on twitter for the first time. Before I have not had any
idea how to use twitter, and how it can help me in academic research. But after
attending EAP week eight computer class, I have gained a lot of knowledge about these. Twitter
is mainly an online social networking service designed to help people to get
information for academic and social life. With the help of twitter’s ‘follow’ option I
can follow anyone and other people can follow me too. So it is really a good
opportunity to connect with colleagues, teachers and other people related to my class
matter. But if I do not want to be followed, I can block them to limit my followers for
academic purposes only.
Twitter let me post whatever I like by using embed tweet option within 140 words.
At the time of tweeting I can add link so it can re-direct anyone, who clicks on it, to
the original page. Therefore, it gives us the chance to share the knowledge with
classmates and friends. With the help of URL shortening services, it is easier to make
longer web-address shorter that can give information about the source of information.
As any post on twitter comes up with link, it has the potential to help research,
publications and conversation. I also learned how to secure my account with the help
of privacy option. Hence, no one can be able to hack my account. Hash tag is another
important aspect which uses to categorize and make tweet more visible. So we can get
related tweets from different users that will help each other to get information for
assignments and so on. With more feeds coming through everyday, in many ways
they are useful in daily life.
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