I have lurked around twitter and really don’t get it. I think the people on twitter must think everybody is on twitter, which is far from the case. Most of the twitter material I see are media reactions to the latest tweet from the Pres. or somebody destroying their career in 240 characters, or less.
Your side fires its smoothbore muskets enmasse to have an effect on the other side [re-tweeting].
Occasionally, a sharpshooter with a rifle [a particularly well-aimed tweet] will take out an opposing officer, or an opposing officer will commit career suicide onscreen.
More well-known accounts are like the 12-pounder smoothbore cannon used in the Civil War and before.