Twitter - Pros and Cons

Twitter is a very popular social networking site which allows you to set up an account and make posts. Your friends and family or anyone could potentially see what you are posting on Twitter in the same way you can find what other people have posted. Twitter is used daily worldwide, celebrities use it to communicate with their fans and general public use it to communicate with their friends.

Advantages of Twitter

•  Enables you to contact your family and friends – If you have friends that you don’t see often, or family that lives far away, you can keep in contact with them.
• You can keep up-to-date with your favourite celebrities – Almost every celebrity has their own twitter account. They will make posts regularly which allows their fans to find out information such as; where they will be performing next, when their next song is coming out, etc.
• Allows the police to send out public messages to their area – Not only is Twitter a place for celebrities but also the police. The police use it in order to inform the public of any important information.

Disadvantages of Twitter

• Risk of unwanted attention – With the ability to hide behind a username, you wouldn't know for certain whom you were really talking to. There is also a risk of stalkers.
•  Cyber-bullying
• Beginning of the end of face-to-face interaction
• Risk of cyber-bullying – Twitter escalates arguments and disagreements between children and teenagers.
• Unable to retract what you have posted – If you post something offensive, it will be there forever, you cannot get it back.