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Twitter mainstream

What gets on my nerves are people who talk about Twitter without really understanding what's it about. Putting it down straight away by commenting why one would need to know who is making tea or coffee right now, or saying that "twittering" sounds prissy.

It's not just a "what am I doing now?", it's another form of blogging, a micro form of blogging, as some would say. People are using twitter as part of their business process, like Sweet Mandarin who lets people tweet her to book tables, order food, join in on cookery class days, etc. I'm sure there are other whimsical uses, not just "I'm feeling tired now...".

Now, Newstalk, will you stop being ignorant about it and keeping knocking it. Tom Dunne said that they are using it because they were paid to do so, completely defeating the whole point of trying new technology.

Anyhoo... end of rant.

Posted by whykay at March 16, 2009 06:47 PM