Twitter can be used to build PLEs (personal learning environments). Users can follow anyone they want as the environment is asymmetrical making it perfect for data gathering. It is simple in creating a platform for social innovations making it useful in forming ad hoc groups with similar interests. #hashtag is used for similar interest groups making it effective, efficient and quite elaborate.
For the Writer's bloc, this is a great tool to gather your thoughts. Just tweet the topic and wait for the 'canary to sing'. This is what makes twitter so attractive. It's short; 140 word count, a great way to start the words flowing. A notepad! A post it! Why do users gravitate to twitter? Rheingold (2012) stated that users like the sites' openness, immediacy, variety, reciprocity, asymmetry, channel to multiple publics, making connections, forming a community, search ability, and above all its a platform for mass collaboration.
Reference:
Rheingold, H., & Weeks, A. (2012). Net smart: How to thrive online. Mit Press.
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