By Lauren Felechner

Daily Titan Staff Writer

Twitter.com is considered a source for social and business networking and micro-blogging. Maybe I am mistaken, but I wouldn’t consider a picture of Ashton Kutcher in his man-panties bathing his dog a form of networking.

I understand the level of sources that people can reach by online networking. However, I think the constant flow of unnecessary updates made by celebrities and common folk alike are by no means entertaining, but rather obnoxious.

To some, it serves as a tool to duke-out their petty arguments in a cowardly manner. I would think with Travis Barker’s landscape of tattoos and punk-rock mohawk that he would be the type to settle a dispute by breaking a bottle over someone’s head.

Instead, he would rather use blackmail and name-calling to the likes of his on-again off-again spouse, Shanna Moakler, and celebrity gossip-blogger, Perez Hilton, via the computer to get his point across.

One of his most famous “tweets,” posted Aug. 3, Barker stated, “Your uncle is a convicted child molester. Why won’t u agree to keep him away from our kids? Are u really that shitty of a mom?”

Other celebs may not blog about family matters. Some prefer to update the Twitter community on how many times a day they masturbate, such as porn star Bree Olson. She also likes to include what consists in a day’s work for her, using such phrases as “Girly hole” and “Taking a load.”

Some celebrity tweets actually maintain some level of class when they make a post. Some were even able to spread a smile over my face as I searched the site.

Fans and friends of the late Michael Jackson posted those I found most admirable. Paris Hilton actually had something to say other than, “That’s hot!”; she posted a picture of Jackson, Nicole Richie, her sister Nicky Hilton and herself, with a caption, “God has another Angel with him. Rest in Peace.”

I know there are people and businesses out there that use Twitter for an actual purpose. Perhaps I find the Web site to be so ridiculous because those organizations that are utilizing it for something effective are not brought to the forefront like the absurd updates we hear or read about from our celebrity “friends.”

I can appreciate such updates as Kourtney Kardashian’s pregnancy announcement, and I can also appreciate a funny fortune cookie that Lauren Conrad received, reading “Do it in public.”

On the other hand, I don’t want to read the bitter back and forth with your “baby’s mama” or see a picture of your wife bent over in a white bikini.

I think there is a level of class that should be upheld in these online networks. I’m not a prude or conservative by any means, but I think there are aspects of peoples’ lives that should be kept under wraps.