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Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.08,0:00:15.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hi. I'm Tevin, I'm 15 years old,\Nand I tweet.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.28,0:00:18.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's actually why I'm here.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.38,0:00:22.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I joined Twitter,\Nmy friends asked me,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.32,0:00:28.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Who's really going to want\Nto read what you write?"
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.30,0:00:32.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I admit that I thought about it too.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.27,0:00:35.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I also didn't understand all of it.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.79,0:00:38.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was thinking, "What's 'mentions'?\NWhat's 'retweets'?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.38,0:00:40.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What about 'hashtags'? What's that?"
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.90,0:00:45.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But my mom helped me,\Nshe's an active tweeter too.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.06,0:00:48.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At last I got it, and then I got going.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.60,0:00:50.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And suddenly, it was so much fun.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.58,0:00:55.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What happened next was that,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.33,0:00:59.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you notice that on Twitter,\Nyou don't automatically get pigeonholed.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.68,0:01:02.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For example, Tevin,\N15 years, ninth grade.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.01,0:01:08.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,While on Twitter, it's more like\Nyou're equal to everyone you talk to.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.11,0:01:12.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then I noticed,\Nthat when I met tweeters in person,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.16,0:01:15.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all of a sudden, you're pigeonholed again.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.92,0:01:18.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not by everyone, but it's quite common.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.01,0:01:22.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But those who didn't fit in that box,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.68,0:01:25.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I could become very good friends with.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.31,0:01:27.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I still am.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.18,0:01:30.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Twitter also offers a great closeness
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.38,0:01:33.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to people that you're probably\Nnever going to meet in person.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.72,0:01:35.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or people on the other side of the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.84,0:01:38.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For example, I was in New York\Na month ago.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.82,0:01:40.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I got back home
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.94,0:01:44.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I read a tweet by Samuel L. Jackson.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.62,0:01:49.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He posted an image, and when I opened it,\Nit was snowing in New York.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.52,0:01:53.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I was there, it was sunny,\Neven warmer than in Sweden.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.42,0:01:55.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was pretty awesome to think
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.45,0:01:59.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that he'd taken that picture\Nand tweeted it.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.35,0:02:03.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then I can see it in Sweden,\Nin a different time zone too.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.25,0:02:07.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A day later, Sean Lennon,\NJohn Lennon's son, writes,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.74,0:02:11.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that he's going down\Nto Occupy Wall Street to play a little.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.52,0:02:14.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For me, being a huge Beatles fan,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.73,0:02:18.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it was cool, imagining\Nthat I could have been there too.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.88,0:02:22.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because I had been\Nto Occupy Wall Street as well.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.19,0:02:27.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And at the same time, when you see\Nthe Arab revolution going on, and such,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.13,0:02:33.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Twitter is actually the first\Nand best place for news.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.11,0:02:37.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So well, I think Twitter is amazing.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.98,0:02:41.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I sometimes wish\Nthat I had more time to tweet.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.13,0:02:44.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Which I don't always have,\Nbeing in school and all.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.60,0:02:48.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Particularly now, when the number\Nof followers is rising.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.28,0:02:50.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm almost at 200.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.96,0:02:55.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I wish... I'd like\Nto offer them more tweets.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.74,0:02:58.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because they're following me for a reason.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.58,0:03:04.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And youths who don't tweet, I'd really\Nlike to see more young tweeters.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.13,0:03:06.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because there aren't very many my age.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.85,0:03:11.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But don't worry, you'll probably get help.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.73,0:03:13.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People on Twitter are quite helpful.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.58,0:03:14.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mostly.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.84,0:03:18.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So well, try it, it's fun,\Nand feel free to follow me.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.61,0:03:19.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.81,0:03:21.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)