Fair point. Although you can't dispute the fact that SOME people use it (and other social network sites, forums, blogs, etc) in a pointless manner (again, my view only). OK, maybe my view is not specific to twitter and I have the same view on those who feel compelled to post their exact movements on facebook. SeanMacGabhann Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I'm finding a lot of the comments on this thread > either wrong, or just silly > > As a news aggregator I often read stories a day or > two before publication in several papers thanks to > twitter. In that sense it is no worse, and often > more useful than what most people posting on here > do online - which is neither here nor there apart > from the fact that people seem to dismiss it or > look down their nose at it > > I have never sent a message about my breakfast or > ablutions - clicheville. And look at the name it's > got "twit" in it - hahahahahahaahahh. And it > sounds like @#$%&!! Hilarious > > sheesh > > I'm guessing most of the people condemning it have > never used it in earnest > > As for the form itself it probably is a stopgap > for something else - entirely likely that in 24 > months the name twitter will be history - but the > concept will be integrated into something else > > And any political party which ignores it as a > communications tool ould be very foolish indeed