Life and Twitter...

I have been a Twitter user since May 2009. In the past four years this social media resource has become an intricate part of my life. It provides laughter, information about world events, politics and the entertainment business, a connection with people with different cultures and lifestyles, and, most importantly, it gives me a place to express myself. Having a Twitter account has been cathartic. It highlights the fact that there are other people all over the world that can relate to you.I believe that in Twitter we see good examples of both chaotic time and stellar time.

My twitter activity over the years has varied in frequency based on how hectic or relaxed my life is at the time. Most days, in this environment, stellar time prevails. People are constantly expressing the events in their lives in very chronological way, however these events affect several people on my timeline. Usually you would assume that one person's actions in a social networking site would not affect the other people in said site. However, we see that people usually follow similar groups of people over and long period of time. This creates bonds between strangers, which in turn have the most minimalistic aspects of a persons life creating a ripple in the lives of some of their followers. Following people from different cultures or religions can slowly change your perception of that culture or religion.

Another aspect of Twitter time is that it can be extremely chaotic. The amount of random tweets send on a daily basis are amazing. Sometimes people will tweet things that have no rhyme or reason. This is part of what makes this social network unique and keeps it thriving. At any given time someone will come up with a post or comment that is unrelated to anything they have been saying and that is somewhat inconsequential, except to mark how beautifully random Twitter can be. 

I feel that Twitter is an amazing social networking site that provides a mixture of stellar and chaotic time. This creates a unique environment in which people can feel free to express themselves in creative ways. As hard as keeping my thoughts to 160 characters was when I started tweeting I've realized that the limit imposed by the site makes people think in different ways. The limit makes them focus on the important message they want to convey and helps maintain the time equilibrium between chaotic time and stellar time.