To the Future!

Dear Ann Eliza,

Today in the year 2014 we use many types of media to communicate and find new friends. I feel that the two biggest ones are websites called Twitter, and Facebook. Facebook is an online forum where one can make a profile consisting of your likes, jobs, relationship status, and interests. One can then search for others using the site by their name or interests and befriend them to get to know each other. I use Facebook for both personal gains and for my online gaming clan to bring news and events to the community fast. I play a game on a game system called an Xbox. I can play this game online so I can play with others from around the world without having to sit next to them, it’s a really cool thing if you think about it.

Now on to Twitter; Twitter to me is more of a current event type of “miniblog.” One would say that Twitter is pretty close to Facebook in the way that you can get together and see other’s interests. Twitter is more of a fast paced version of Facebook. Many of the people and businesses that use twitter are trying to get the word out fast about a new product of current event using a tagging system called hashtagging.

These are two of the many forms of social media that we have nowadays. I hope that with this and other letters you will be getting from the future, you can put together a good mental picture of what life nowadays is like.  

Sincerely,

Derek Hussey