Twitter is a social networking site where people could post tweets (text messages with a 140 characters limit) and others could follow you to be notified of your tweets.
JMU Makeouts Twitter page.
Background: The JMU Makesouts Twitter account is a place where JMU students post pictures of other JMU students making out typically at parties. This account has been going on for awhile, but it got shut down because there were pictures that were more than just people making out. The fact that the page got so out of hand says a lot about how big of a deal this was yet I was completely unaware of its existence for a long time.
The thing is, when I found this Twitter page even existed, I thought it was plain ridiculous. People would tweet pictures on this page and that was what others found entertaining. I am certain that other universities have similar pages and just the whole idea of taking pictures of others making out is unsettling. People thought that it was funny to post pictures, but I never grew up with social media heavily influencing me so what the many JMU students found as enjoyment confuses me since I don't understand the culture of American social media.
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