Twitter is a social platform that works similar to posting Facebook updates. With a 140 character limit, users can post statues or updates and share this with their followers. Followers can then reply to these tweets and conversations will occur. These twitter discussions that occur between a user and their followers resembles discussions on blackboard and in classrooms.
Blackboard discussions involve the creation of a thread in a discussion forum. Students can then reply to a post in that thread. A thread is like the trending topics in twitter, comments and related information is all grouped together. Replying to a tweet would be the same as replying to a thread. In blackboard, students are allowed to view all the replies to a single post all in that thread. However, on twitter, it is hard to see other people's replies to someone's tweet. We would just see our reply and the person posting would receive notifications for all the replies. On blackboard, we can even reply to a reply of a post. On twitter, we can actually do the same if we are able to read the other replies to a post.
As for classroom discussions, students take turns voicing their opinions and either add comments or reply one another's responses. Twitter also works the same way. However, twitter replies are much shorter and brief. In the classroom, discussions will eventually die down and come to an end. However, twitter discussions can last much longer and is more ongoing.
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