Nick:
> ...I realized another thing I really dislike about Twitter _and_ that I
> suspect is a major part of its attraction for a certain (rather large)
> portion of its users, and it really is about "shouting into the
> darkness". I believe that a lot of Twitter's (sub-conscious) attraction
> to a lot of its users (not all) is that it caters perfectly to the
> personality type that conspicuously and VERY LOUDLY shout into their
cell
> phones in public places.
I'm wondering what your basis for this belief is? In what sense do you
think Twitter caters to the personality that shouts very loudly into a
cellphone in public places? I don't really see the connection; people who
post to Twitter are only going to be heard by people who explicitly listen
to ("follow") them, not by everyone who happens to be standing nearby.
> _They_ are unawre of this, just as they are unaware that they are
shouting
> into their cell phones.
I'm not sure what you're suggesting that people are unaware of? I doubt
that many people who post to Twitter are unaware that anyone on the net
can read what they post; that's what Twitter is for, after all.
> Just because someone (older
> than you) says "that's not a good thing/idea because [something I know
> from the past]" does not make them a curmudgeon.
I have no idea whether or not you're older than me. :) I would put the
odds at about 50/50. And I have even less idea of the age of anyone else
on this list. And just to round out my ignorance, I'm not sure what
corresponds to "[something I know from the past]" in your dislike of
Twitter. What past thing that I may have overlooked says that Twitter is
probably not a good thing/idea?
DC
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