In 2010, a social media site by the name of Twitter started to become popular among celebrities and tech savvy young adults. The basic premise of Twitter is to share “what’s happening” in 160 characters or less, and quite frankly, I don’t get it.

Why would anyone care what I’ve been doing? I can understand why someone like Kylie Jenner or Taylor Swift runs a Twitter; people care and want to know what they’re up to.

I’m sure by tweeting about my average life there is no way I could possibly get anyone to follow me that doesn’t know me in real life, and what’s the point of that anyway? They all probably already know what I’m doing.

Humor is a big part of Twitter and why some accounts are more popular, but I know I’d never be funny enough to run a hilarious Twitter.

“I think Twitter is mainly used for following famous people,” said senior Bella Miller, “and finding funny accounts. I love those.”

The humor accounts on Twitter are well known throughout the Internet, with screenshots of the best tweets posted on other social media outlets, such as Instagram and Tumblr.

“I wish I had the guts to try and be funny on Twitter, but it seems like a real hit or miss kind of thing,” said Miller.

Besides the humor and updates on celebrity lives, I really don’t understand why a regular person would use Twitter. Many other social media outlets like Instagram and Snapchat have much more to offer.

Instagram allows for people to post their own photos in a seamless format, whereas posting photos on Twitter always leaves the image awkwardly cut in half until you click on it.

Snapchat allows for a certain level of privacy between you and your friends because no one else can see what you’re sending, and the concept of a “story” is great because you can see who has seen it, and it only lasts for 24 hours.

Something great that came out Twitter is the use of hashtags (#). Since Twitter’s inception, the hashtag has taken the world by storm, finding its way into every other social media app, onto shirts and accessories, and even into some songs. Many people have started to use these hashtags ironically, which I find #hilarious.

Although hashtags are nice, Twitter just seems like the most boring aspect of every social media platform thrown into one place.

Each tweet is like a status update on Facebook, and no one has a Facebook to be able to read other people’s statuses (Facebook is mainly used to creep on other people’s lives nowadays). Other people’s unwanted retweets are like the suggested accounts on Instagram; no one asked to see them.

It wouldn’t be fair of me to say that I hate Twitter. I just really don’t get it or understand why some people use it as much as they do. Maybe that’s because I never got into it, or that I know if I attempted to use it I would be just like one of those awkward adults on Facebook that has absolutely no idea what they’re doing and manage to embarrass those close to them.