Blog about Twitter

Twitter is totally different with blackboard discussion and in-person discussion. Twitter is usually used for making new friends, following stars or post a short sentence which is up 140 characters to express yourself. Twitter started the trend of using hashtag(#) to make users search for hot topics easier and at(@) to sent notification to users. However, blackboard discussion is more serious. It is mainly used for academic purposes. Users don't have to option to @ other users. They can either reply one by one to the individuals or reply to all by hit the reply button. In person discussion is also different than blackboard discussion, you can see each others facial expression.