Fortalezas: Algunos de los aspectos más relevantes que han fortalecido las Alcaldías

This study was a case study on a limited sample of Egyptian Twitter users. The results of this study may differ among other Egyptian Twitter users and do not represent the entire

community. For future research, it would be helpful to further investigate this Egyptian Twitter user community while focusing on a certain topic with larger samples, for example cursing among both genders and its linguistic representation, especially with the rise of anonymous users. This study was limited to exploring language use on Twitter; however, it would be interesting to research other language patterns on other SNS platforms, and how they are compared to existing research on other platforms. It would also be interesting to explore the opposite of this sample, rather than Egyptian Twitter users invested in English, but American SNS users invested in Arabic and how they position themselves on SNS platforms in relation to Arabic. The topic of investment remains underrepresented, especially in explaining using the L2 in an EFL setting, emphasizing the need for more studies on larger samples in this area.

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