TV-itter

"And the Oscar goes to...." is a phase that many of us will be hearing tonight as we sit and watch the Academy Awards. We will be glued to our HD plasma screens to see the latest fashions being worn by the starlets of Hollywood and rejoice in the winners' acceptance speeches. However some of us will be watching and sharing on twitter. Twitter, the fascinating on line tool that allows you to communicate with others. It is a fun way to watch and socialize with "friends" on big televised event.

Already, twitter has brought together strangers online to share in common interest such as sporting events, news events and social events. Recently, the Winter Olympics in Canada brought together a worldwide audience to enjoy and share different views, spur on rivalries and give your comments. Watching the Olympics allowed for people to give their own commentary on figure skating, share thoughts on amazing video or cheer on their favorite athlete all while utilizing twitter. Amazingly most users were kind and demonstrated good regard for each other. During the USA vs Canada gold medal Hockey match, the dishearten and the overjoyed shared their thoughts.

Social media has made it easy for us to communicate with a world wide audience. Twitter has made it simple. Through a few easy steps you can sign up for this free service. To share your insight while watching tv takes some typing skill and a twitter account. The use of a hashtag (#) will allow you to search for the topics you are interested. For example tonight "oscars" is already the top trending topic. It is fun and interesting to see a tweet that shares you same thought or maybe not from someone else. You may share a laugh, get mad or learn something new
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The Academy Awards are just hours away...but already on twitter there are many already talking about them. Will you be?