What is the point of Twitter?

After being on Twitter for a few months now, there is one main question that I have... what is the point of Twitter? To me, Twitter just seems like what a Facebook status update is, except Twitter doesn't do anything after that. I think that people should just stick to Facebook, as this seems to be the more complete social media system. I fear that Twitter is going to run into problems down the road because there is nothing else people can do on Twitter, so once people get bored, that will be its downfall. However, Facebook continues to add new "apps" that keep it fresh, and I feel Facebook will be better in the long run over Twitter.

LinkedIn doesn't have all majors

I think it is interesting that LinkedIn does not have majors like Finance or Business. These are some of the biggest majors that students are studying, and are very applicable in the real world. They also are not very obscure majors, so the question is why does LinkIn not list them as a possible major? This makes it hard for students like me to get a profile made that really shows everything that I have done. I think it would be wise for LinkIn to add these majors as it will appeal to millions more people.

Employers demanding FB password

There is a big debate happening in congress as to if it is legal or not for an employer to demand Facebook passwords from the candidates. I think this is one of the most outrageous things that I have heard. Why should I give personal information like that to an employer? I have nothing to hid on Facebook, but if they want to know what I have on my page, they should friend request me and then they can look at everything they want to. I am happy that some states are standing up and saying no to these employer's requests.

Dunk Contest Tweeting

For the first year in the history of the NBA dunk contest, there were no live judges at the contest. This year, the NBA tried using Tweeting and texting to determine the winners of the contest. After every dunk, fans could send in what they thought the ranking was for the dunk. The updates for where dunkers rankings were not given until the very end. I feel that this was a good thing because it left people in suspense as to who was going to win. I wonder if this is going to cause many other contests, competitions, and TV stations to start using social media to boost ratings.