The world of the Web has certainly taught us to write short and informative posts in response to materials presented in the social media. Writing has always been a challenging activity to students as, unlike reading and speaking, they do not frequently use it in their everyday life. But what if all those posts on the social media are regarded as pieces writing? Of course, expressing thoughts in short tweets or responding to the tweets of other users, students develop writing skills which will be of a great use in their future.
Trends in writing change with the time just as any other tendencies do. Once it was important to use a flowery bookish language in the personal letters and works of literature. Today complex and pompous expressions are mostly obsolete and readers prefer a simplicity of language. We, at least, try to express our thoughts clear and precise so that the core of the writing was not elusive. Twitter and Facebook certainly help us to accomplish this task by setting the limit on the amount of text written in the posts.
It is actually impossible to write prolonged essays on the social network just because no one will be willing to read such overlarge texts in their news feed. On the contrary, short thoughts spread quickly all over the network as people like to read and share concise posts. The ability to summarize and single the key points out of the text is essential to write short and nice tweets. Thus, the more comprised posts students read, the better they put the idea in the minimal number of own words.