Twitter is a great way to have a discussion on the all kinds of topics. There are over 200 million users who post on Twitter, so there is a constant dialogue about things that people care about. Its easy to post to Twitter and it only allows users to post with only 140 characters. With the use of hashtags, anyone can search all post that are about a particular topic.
Twitter is a good tool as opposed to discussion board or in class discussion because anyone can easily connect with other and post their opinions.Since there are hashtags, users can search what other people in Twitter are saying about a certain topic. The ability to connect to people gives Twitter the advantage over discussion board and in class.
The ability to connect to a lot of people can also be an disadvantage Twitter has. Only people with access to the discussion board or people in the class would know about the discussion that is taking place. While Twitter accounts could be set to private, Tweets could be seen by a large amount of people. Also since Twitter limits post to contain 140 characters, someone opinion may not be fully represented.
There are situations where Twitter is a better tool to use than discussion board or in class. It could be accessed anywhere and anyone can see what others have posted. However, since not a lot of information can be post and because the ease for people to have access to it there may be certain topics that are better to post on other forms of media.
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