In this day and age, social media plays a major role in how society is shaped. Some of the more popular applications include Instagram, Tumblr, Snapchat, Facebook, and one of the most popular, Twitter. Twitter is a free social network that allows you to display short posts called ‘tweets’ to your followers and more. In Twitter’s most recent activity, it seems as though a new update is on it’s way. Allegedly, this update will include an expansion of the 140 character limit, the ability to retweet yourself, and much more.  

 “Updating the 140 characters [could] be a good thing or a bad thing, because sometimes I run over by like 5 characters, but sometimes people write paragraphs and that can be annoying,” said senior Emma Crawford.

 In 2016, most students in high school have a Twitter account, and have had one for a couple years. Twitter has gone through many changes since its original launch in 2006, and many students still have suggestions on how it should change, or rather, how it shouldn’t have changed.

 “[I would change Twitter] by changing the ‘likes’ back to ‘favorites’, I’m pretty sure people didn’t like that,” said junior Tiffany Pham.

 Comparing this impending Twitter update to other social media apps, it is easy to see that change is not always good. For example, Instagram recently updated their appearance, and didn’t get a welcoming response. Therefore, there is good reason to be uneasy for Twitter.

 “The only major difference was the [Instagram] logo, which is kind of ugly,” said Pham.

 However, there were a slight few who really didn’t mind the changes, and found things to like about it.

 “I didn’t mind it. It’s more simple now that it’s black and white, so I actually kind of like it,” said Crawford.

 Just like all things, social media will continue to evolve to be faster, better, and do anything to keep up with its competitors. While this may be a lot of work for the companies, consumers can enjoy the always new and improved versions that meet their standards.

 “I think it’s better because they’re trying to improve how things look [and work], but I think people always like the old version. It’s just how we are now,” said freshman Alexa Argueta.