Kate from BBHQ goes undercover to find out the deal about Twitter. So love or loathe this new online phenomenon, you need to check this out!

Social online spaces are becoming the new way of communication. We are logging onto Myspace to check out the latest pics from our latest parties, we are heading to Facebook for event organising and to catch up with past acquaintances and now, Twitter, the newest online social revelation, has become a world wide phenomenon to keep people updated with what’s happening NOW!

Totally thrown off by the fact that people were actually sleeping with their blackberries to be in the know with whereabouts of their fav celebs, best mates or even partners, I thought I’d put all judgment aside and check it out for myself.

So, just like joining up to Facebook, you log in your details and basically within seconds are a “Twitterer”. From there you can follow just about anyone who is registered from any place in the world.

I took the obvious route, with the encouragement of the media, and became a follower of Ashton Kutcher. Wasn’t I shocked! While I think he is completely brilliant in all other aspects of his life, I couldn’t believe that someone would actually bother uploading their status up to 19 times a day - and then deny being a twitter addict (they say the first step to recovery is admitting it -guess he’s way off!)

With celebs my prime target, I saw some insane updates.Ashton was uploading pics of Demi in her underwear, talking about what he had for dinner and basically rambling his latest thoughts. Peaches Geldof, the British tabloid vixen, was uploading pictures of herself in provocative positions as if to say predators see here. John Mayer was giving reasons why he wanted to live life to the fullest that day…( we can excuse him, his lyrics are just as metaphorical as his life)

So, from this point, I’m thinking- Twitter-pfft, definite waste of time!

Sitting at my desk here in the Bellaboo office, I started receiving updates on celebs like Kyle and Jackie O outlining what was new on their morning breakfast show. One of my friends felt the need to share she was bored at Uni and then one of my fav clothes brands advertised they had a 50% sale. Putting together my thoughts on what I felt about the info I just received (and the prospect of knocking off work early and getting to the sale) it made me wonder; what information are we sharing? Is it relevant? And why do we feel the need to twitter for the sake of twittering?

Whilst many argue that twitter is strengthening the intertwined jungle that is social networking world wide, what they are failing to see is that it is damaging the boundaries of healthy communication and interaction.

Very rarely these days do we see people picking up the phone to have a chat. Technology has shown us that there a quicker and more efficient ways to spread messages. This new attitude on effortless communication is becoming addictive.

Even though I stood strong against everything twitter represents, I couldn’t help but check my latest follower listings, people to recruit and share my latest goss. I couldn’t stop thinking about when I could access twitter next and anticipating the bursts of information that would be available - irrelevant or not!

The scary thing is, is that while I am sitting here telling you the negatives on Twitter the latest phenomenon, I can’t actually promise you that I won’t ever use it again, that I won’t be curious to check out the latest updates from the cast of The Hills, and that I wo’nt encourage others to follow me!

This is an honest interpretation of Twitter and still, I can’t even put together its real purpose or function. All I know is that technology is getting bigger and better and seems to be taking us along for the ride.