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Hi. Everyone!
This time, I am comparing between Twitter discussion and my school site, Black Board, discussion.
There are some similarities between Twitter and Black Board (BB).
Unlike a blog, both sites have a timeline, so you do not have to click to see other classmates' entries every time. You just scroll a timeline and check their comments out smoothly. Personally, since I may not be familiar with Black Board, I feel comfortable to use Twitter rather than BB. Another similarity would be that you can reply to the particular person on both Twitter and BB through pressing a 'reply' button. You will also be able to recognize easily when someone reply to you.
I think that one of the differences are a notification system. Unlike BB, you can set notification on Twitter. That is useful because you receive notification every time when someone replies to you or retweets your post. Also, when you reply to another user, the person's username would be highlighted with @. When you click the highlight, you will be able to access the person's page.
On BB, you can see the total number of posts, and the number of participants on the discussion. Since BB separates threads by each topic, it is easy for active users to understand what the thread is about or what the main discussion is in the thread. BB avoids confusing discussion and keeps organizing the thread. Another difference is a word count. Since Tweets restrict to 140 characters, it has a limitation of the quantity of information or knowledge. On the other hand, BB does not have any limitation, so users can describe their opinions or thoughts sufficiently.
I cannot say which sites is better because Twitter and BB have both advantages and disadvantages. Since this is the first time to use BB since I entered CUNY school, I am still not getting used to BB. I personally prefer to use Twitter, but BB is a great place to discuss academic topics in class/school.
This time, I am comparing between Twitter discussion and my school site, Black Board, discussion.
There are some similarities between Twitter and Black Board (BB).
Unlike a blog, both sites have a timeline, so you do not have to click to see other classmates' entries every time. You just scroll a timeline and check their comments out smoothly. Personally, since I may not be familiar with Black Board, I feel comfortable to use Twitter rather than BB. Another similarity would be that you can reply to the particular person on both Twitter and BB through pressing a 'reply' button. You will also be able to recognize easily when someone reply to you.
I think that one of the differences are a notification system. Unlike BB, you can set notification on Twitter. That is useful because you receive notification every time when someone replies to you or retweets your post. Also, when you reply to another user, the person's username would be highlighted with @. When you click the highlight, you will be able to access the person's page.
On BB, you can see the total number of posts, and the number of participants on the discussion. Since BB separates threads by each topic, it is easy for active users to understand what the thread is about or what the main discussion is in the thread. BB avoids confusing discussion and keeps organizing the thread. Another difference is a word count. Since Tweets restrict to 140 characters, it has a limitation of the quantity of information or knowledge. On the other hand, BB does not have any limitation, so users can describe their opinions or thoughts sufficiently.
I cannot say which sites is better because Twitter and BB have both advantages and disadvantages. Since this is the first time to use BB since I entered CUNY school, I am still not getting used to BB. I personally prefer to use Twitter, but BB is a great place to discuss academic topics in class/school.
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