Twitter

Today in class we had an interesting discussion about Twitter and other social networking sites.  The debate was whether or not all this social networking and text messaging is ruining our social interactions or helping us stay connected.  I feel that these tools have great potential.  However, I feel that having ten different sites you have to stay plugged into is not beneficial to a healthy social life.  I had Myspace for years, and then I moved on to Facebook, so I am not exactly unplugged, but I think that it is overwhelming having to maintain a blog account, email accounts, a Facebook account, and now a Twitter account on top of my real life, social relationships, work,  and my studies.  If I were to actually dive into all these networks as thoroughly as suggested by the authors of the book we are reading for class, I would be glued to my electronic devices perpetually.  Like I said before, I think that they have great potential.  I think it would be better to be efficient and thorough on a select few sites rather then join a bunch and not be able to maintain them all.