This video, titled "Flutter: The New Twitter", is a well made mockumentary of the popular internet "microblog", Twitter. The video appeals in particular to an audience that consists of internet users that look down upon Twitter and see it as pointless. Most of the arguments and points made in the video are attacking how brief Twitter posts are and how often people "tweet." This article assumes that everyone uses Twitter to just update what they are doing at the moment, seeing as their tweet examples are all of the user saying things like "Kim in bathroom", and "working on some new designs....and watching project runway in my underwear, lol!". Truth is that the applications of Twitter stretch way further than just daily updates, as they can also cover sorts of news and advertising as well.
Although this video is very humorous and entertaining, the points it makes and examples it uses really only apply to a certain area of Twitter, not the entire website as a whole. The concept of Flutter will obviously not surface, but even if it did, it wouldn't have the same practical applications that Twitter does regarding media and information coming from companies, rather than just individuals. Announcing releases of various things or trying to summarize an important news story in 26 characters is just not realistic. The Flutter video is very funny, but can only be looked upon as humor, as the satire has too large of a hole in it for its underlying purpose to be taken seriously.
Nice job! I Agree. Flutter is a funny joke. But, I have to wonder if in the next generations Flutter won't be so funny. For example, there are still past generations that see the internet and social networks as unnecessary. Yet, our generation finds them essential. In the next few generations, will we be the ones saying that "Flutter" just isn't necessary while the new generations find it essential? It is almost scary how time efficiency has taken priority in the lives of people. Where will people stop sacrificing personality and creativity for efficiency?
ReplyDeleteYou made a very good point, one that I didn't even think about. The video definitely focused on individual updates more than anything else on Twitter. It's obvious from the statistics that we read in class that big companies trying to advertise are the most common kinds of Twitter users. And to some people, this is extremely useful; or at least more useful than individual updates. It's clearly important to know all of the facts in order to form a strong argument, as the creators of the "Flutter" video seemingly failed to do.
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