Over the top tweets

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Many people use technology everywhere to call, to text and they even use it for
homework and taking pictures. There are many uses for it and if there is use to connect
other people, of course there will be social media. There’s Facebook, Instagram, my
space and Twitter. We are all connected, but sometimes something that shouldn’t have
gone on the Internet goes up. In Canada snow storms happen a lot. In the winter there
was a snow storm in Canada. Most of the time when there’s a snow storm the schools
will close down for the day  because of the harsh wind and snow building up, but then
the TCDSB tweeted that school will be up and won’t be cancelled. Most kids or teen that
dislike lost their opportunity to miss school after reading this. With this the school
continue to stay open. Threats and violence are used by students. Cursing was also
used towards the TCDSB; some students got caught from this twitter activity. There
were a lot of effects from the students within social media. Also the reporter who
reported this got mean tweets even though this person had done nothing
involving this issue. Social media has affected us so much that we believe that we
have the power to put someone down through the Internet. It seems that no one will find
out who is behind the screen that causes so many people to get hurt. With technology
we feel empowered to be able to do this to person because we are not in front of the
person right now. If we are in front of them we feel that we are not powerful enough to
say those things toward the person. Through the Internet, we don't have to see the
person’s face and this makes us feel that we are not hurting a human being. We know
that we are, but we don't have that feeling of if it’s right or not. In the students defense, it
might be that they want rest from the work loads, or they might just want to have a
break, but they don't have to do it in hurtful ways that will hurt others. I believe we’ve
become more violent thanks to technology. It takes us farther apart from others. We are
more focused on technology then a person’s interaction, it has pros and cons. I believed
that technology is the one that creates fewer connections and creates more violence
toward groups of people.