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"I found that using Twitter as a community-building tool was another purpose it was used for that I didn’t expect at first. I knew that this was the main purpose for the class but I didn’t see this happening at the beginning. However, by February when everyone got the hang of using this tool, I found that I would regularly check Twitter to see what other people were doing. Some people wrote their comments and opinions about movies, television shows, and even concerts/shows. This was a good way for me to get to know my fellow classmates and see what they were doing on the weekends. Since I didn’t know people in person, I felt like I got to know a few of them just by the things they would write in Twitter."
"First of all, Twitter wasn’t as structured as blogger and we were free to write whatever we wanted. Although you said we could complain if we felt the need, I found that I held my tongue quite a bit. Not necessarily complaining about the class, but more about the students complaining. I know some people need to vent and complain about things they’re not happy with but it gets old. Also, people asked the same questions over and over and over again. I’m sure I was at fault a few times, but I also asked [in class] so that people wouldn’t ask a million times on Twitter."
"One problem I noticed was that some people only used it as a status-updating tool and nothing else. I noticed that a few select people rarely made an appearance on the site so I felt that I didn’t really find out much about them. I stated above how I felt like I got to know some of my peers through Twitter because of what they would write about. If they were involved in sports or other activities they would write about how they had to go to meetings. I felt that although I might not have known who the person was, I created an identity for them online."