Twitter Is …
Glenn hung up his Tweets a few days ago, which makes this an apropos time to ponder Twitter and whether it’s worthwhile.
- Micro-blogging.
- Super chat status line messaging.
- Perhaps the easiest way to flex your vanity, Web 2.0 style.
- A chat room without walls.
- A remarkably uninformative way to exercise your vanity, since one has no idea how many people might read a tweet.
- A particularly 21st-century game of one-upsmanship — # followers vs. # following.
- A pleasant diversion / horrendous distraction.
- An excellent way to broadcast information, including emergency notifications, although its lack of pervasiveness limits what it’s good for.
- Access to lazyweb.
