Dear Knights,

13-year olds typically don’t get accepted to college. Acting that age on twitter could hold a senior back from being accepted to their number one school as colleges regularly look at Twitter accounts.

Oxford Dictionary defines sub tweeting as “a post that refers to a particular user without directly mentioning them, typically as a form of furtive mockery or criticism.”

Scrolling through Twitter feeds throughout the day leaves one to see many sub-tweets and vents as if Twitter is a “venting machine” or therapist. It is important to remember that Twitter is only a social media app that allows people to follow friends and celebrities to get quick info, not a free counseling session. People abuse Twitter and forget its real meaning.

“Twitter wars” and fights on the site are extremely common. People would rather tweet their personal issues and offensive opinions instead of picking up the phone and talking to someone about it.

You can only carry on a 140-character conversation for so long.

With a normal tweet, the user would tag the other user if they were talking about them, but with a sub-tweet, a user doesn’t want the person he or she is talking about to know that tweet exists. A tweet and sub-tweet is seen by all of your followers and any viewer that sees your tweet, including colleges. Once a tweet is sent, it stays out there forever.

As we move into the real world, we need to consider how adults act towards kids. Teachers don’t sub-tweet about an annoying kid in class and parents don’t sub-tweet which child is their favorite.

We’re characterized as young adults; we need to act more like “the adult” instead of “the young.”

Sincerely,

Siena