The essays contained in pages 163-177 of the “The McGraw-Hill Reader” talk about the social outlets of the world wide web, how each writer has an opinion about whether it’s good or a bad thing for society. In Farhad Manjoo’s essay, the main thesis is about how if you join twitter it is pointless unless you are extremely popular. Unfortunately, twitter contains tons of users and the posts are very minimal in words that it becomes lost in the sea of data unless you are well known. Farhad Manjoo explains that, “As a result, novice twitterers are met with instant discouragement – you start out with nobody reading your posts, and because the people you follow don’t have to follow you, there’s no guarantee that you’ll ever convince great numbers of people to listen to what you have to say.” I agree, unless your specific tweet attracts the eye of the news or someone famous, then it could change.…show more content… Mr. Thompson backed his thesis with the beginning, middle and current ways of face book. He even went into detail about the effects, interviewing the opinions of other like Danah Boyd or like Laura Fitton who stated that face book made her a “happier person, a calmer person.” I am an old school girl myself, believing that things should come naturally when it comes to the social society. I understand that it is easier to type than to talk at times. However, some of my closes friends or loved ones came to me under all natural pretenses. Even though there are people I got to know more through social media, it still didn’t fully connect me to them. I think stuff like social media is good for announcements or simple invites because we aren’t always there for this stuff, but I don’t agree with it as a source on getting to know someone. Social media is nothing comparable to meeting in person because of human emotion, touch and the real expressions you see on their
