Twitter

Whats is Twitter?
==== ==== Twitter was created in March 2006 and by July, the social networking site was launched. The service rapidly gained worldwide popularity, with over 500 million registered users as of 2012, generating over 340 million tweets daily. Since its launch, Twitter has become one of the ten most visited websites on the Internet, and has been described as "the SMS of the Internet." Twitter s a social site that allows you to post status and repost ones that you may like. You can follow your favorite celebrities or brands and see what they post daily. You can tag people to your posts to try to get them to notice you and have conversations. You don't really post pictures on twitter though you more link it and tag.

What is a Tweet?!
A tweet is a post or status, whatever you may call it, on the Twitter website. People can follow you to view your Tweets. But your Tweets are just your personal opinions like a Facebook or Meet Me status. You can re-post things you like or "re-tweet" them or you can just create your own personal tweet about school, friends, problems, frustrations, love, loss, or even your boring uneventful day.

Is this site appropriate for your children?
Just as most social media sites are it all depends on the privacy settings you choose and what you put on your profile. Anyone can put themselves in danger by making everything public and giving all their information like school, town, address, number, anything. Though if you or your child use the internet cautiously this is a good site for people to connect because not many creepers would go through the hassle of how this site is worked out to find people you don't know. This site seems like more of a mature site though, maybe that is why it isn't as targeted but I don't know that younger teens would want to or would have a reason to use it.