cct205-lab4

Connected and Disconnected?**
 * CCT205 - LAB #4

I believe that Twitter and Facebook can both connect and disconnect with people. Facebook and Twitter allows people to connect with people they might not normally talk and interact with. It gives people the option to communicate with one another especially if they are apart geographically. Since Facebook has the built in messenger, one can communicate in real time. It allows people to connect with people they already know because they are not necessarily strangers. By accepting them as a friend, one creates an instant connection with them. That can't really happen in the real world because it's nearly impossible to stay close with every connection ever made.

But is it a real connection? There's a fine line between what is real and virtual. However, in the case of Facebook, it is just another outlet to communicate. Twitter allows people to connect by commenting on different aspects of their life. It's different than with Facebook because people tweet to the general audience as if there was no target reader. It disconnects people because they are more focused on themselves and what their current action is, opposed to conversing with people. Not everyone tweets, and followers aren't always people you know in real life. If people get to involved with the virtual world and virtual friends, it disconnects them with who they know in reality.