Reflection 7

I do not really like to use twitter... I think blogger is better.
Twitter has not enhanced my learning of EIR. Even after i did a search for my topic (effects of eating disorders on teenagers), there was no tweeter that discusses eating disorders.

However, using blogs, i found many blogs, one of them being http://www.eatingdisordersblogs.com, that have many posts about eating disorders, thus i conclude that blogs are better than twitter, because twitter is mostly used for personal reason, for example, a person can just tweet ' I AM EATING MY HOT-DOG NOW' and he can have like 100000 followers, however, if a blog were to write only that, it will surely have no followers at all, therefore, the followers count on twitter is not reliable to see whether the tweeter is credible.

However, blogs are different, the more the followers, we can tell that the blog has more substance.

Also, I think that emotions can at least be felt more in blogs, and the reader can connect to the blogger, rather than twitter, as the short tweets often do not show any emotions.
Blogs also can have a cumulative blog (http://www.eatingdisordersblogs.com). where many bloggers post to a single blog on a topic, which is really helpful, as we have a compilation of reflections of many people.

However, I think that the shortcoming of blogs is that some people may be diffuse oriented, thus they will beat about the bush, which means they won't be concise, and the blog posts will tend to be very long and draggy.

In conclusion, I think that Blogspot is better than twitter to increase my knowledge on certain topics and allows me to reflect about my life when reading other peoples reflection.