From: lukas.mariman@NOSPAMgmail.com   
      
   "StainlessSteelRat"  schreef in bericht   
   news:73rerrF109d81U1@mid.individual.net...   
   > Alfie [UK] wrote:   
   >> The Lowest Common Denominator version ends up being 'I am on a bus',   
   >> 'I just got to work', 'I am having a bar of chocolate', 'I am thinking   
   >> of talking to the girl in accounts', 'I am sitting on the toilet'.   
   >   
   > That's the cynic's stereotype - and I would expect to see it from POD, but   
   > not from you Alfie - but for someone who has actually used twitter for a   
   > few months now (and typically these comments come from those that don't),   
   > with a whole range of friends, the stereotype is perhaps not surprisingly   
   > wrong.   
   >   
   > In fact when I started out with Twitter it was purely with cynical motives   
   > that it was going to be pointless, but for me personally I found a use   
   > (mostly due to the TweetDeck app). The reality is people posting about   
   > their life in what are nothing more than short blog posts (longer than the   
   > examples quoted). Sometimes quantity is not all it's about, and having   
   > blogged and monitored blogs for almost a decade it's sometimes the   
   > shortest blog posts that gain the most attention.   
   >   
   > I'm still undecided about the celebrity issue, that is both celebs   
   > tweeting and those who follow celebs and try and draw a reply from them,   
   > although I suspect it's mostly innocent.   
   >   
   > Anyway, it seems to be much like blogging and social networking, and   
   > perhaps even the web full stop before that. There are millions of people   
   > that do it and enjoy it, yet there are the naysayers on the outside who   
   > have either never tried it, tried it briefly, or don't enjoy it therefore   
   > attempt to rubbish it.   
      
   That's a recommendation if I ever read one! I think I'll sign up just to see   
   what it's about, and make up my own mind.   
      
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