Tuesday, November 25, 2014
Information Networks or Social Networks?
About a year ago Twitter came out with a statement saying that they are not a social network but instead they are a information network. The company even changed their question to Twitter users' status from "what are you doing?" to "whats happening?". I personally like the shift in their network image and think it is a great change to make. According to the article I found, Twitter might have some competition. Facebook and Google+ have been making some changes of their own as well. They both created more opportunities for users to release information and have open discussions with their networks. The only problem with this competition is that Twitter does not have a as many users as these two companies have. It puts more pressure on Twitter to really get their users active on using the network for information and discussions with their peers. I don't think that the threat is as large as the article makes it out to be, but I also believe that Twitter should not put their guard down. People today are already naturally going to social media with current issues and opinions and what ever way that the networks can get us more actively involved, I think will truly change the way we view social media.
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I agree that this is a great shift in the way that social media is being used. Reporters can't be everywhere at once so it would be great for people to feel that they have a place to share the events that they experience with others. This could be helpful in showing multiple sides to stories that we only hear one side of. It also encourages the younger people who use these sites to be active members of their communities.
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