On September 15th, 2009, I joined Twitter against my better judgment. Before that time, I was entirely against all things having to do with "tweets" and "micro blogging" status updates. I feared another social media site that turned out to be just a venting outlet for melodramatic teenagers, and the last thing I needed was another reason to constantly be on my computer. And if all those reasons weren't enough to keep me from joining, I thought the name was stupid.
Boy, was I surprised.
It's totally cliche, but Twitter opened up a whole new world to me. Initially, I was hesitant about what to tweet about, who to follow, and what exactly constituted Twitter etiquette. I thought the assignment would be a long, dreadful two weeks of wracking my brain trying to come up with something to say about my day, but it turned out to be far more educational. I was incredibly surprised to find tweets with links of various topics that I not only wanted to learn more about, but that I needed to learn about. I found more information on Twitter about job interviews, internships, local events, sports news, entertainment news, and University happenings than I ever could have by just Google-ing what I was looking for. Twitter turned out to be a remarkable source of information that kept falling at my fingertips, and I didn't even have to go looking!
Most importantly, I believe that I now understand why experts say Twitter is here to say. The professional, quality information is mixed with enough pizzazz and personality to make this social media site extremely useful, informative, and fun. I learned more than I ever thought possible from Twitter, and I don't think I would have ever understood any of it without the experience.
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