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Unwitting irony? in MY blogtown?
Gary Trudeau ceased to be relevant 800 years ago.
“…absence of meaningful content…” What are you talking about? I’m absolutely fascinated to read that Stephanie Stricklen just bought some cheese at the store.
witting! thx.
TrueDOH is right about TWITer.
Everything our current alleged cognoscenti are saying about twitter these days is the same thing they or their predecessors said about blogs and the same thing they or their predecessors or their predecessors’ predecessors said about the web.
Same old over-generalized “look at me, I’m still relevant by pissing on what people are into these days” useless nonsense.
I can’t stands the TWITS but B!X is on point. I’ve learned to keep my grampa mutterings inside my brainhhole where they belong. That way young chicks think I’m hella with it. Hella is still cool to use right???
“Gary Trudeau ceased to be relevant 800 years ago.”
http://www.doonesbury.com/strip/faqs/cv.ht…
Damn, Kiala, you tell us all about it!
Hm, B!x, I disagree, at least in relation to this particular article. Technology moves faster than etiquette, and criticizing the way a technology is being used isn’t the same as criticizing the technology. I find it equally annoying when people who DON’T use Twitter assume that it’s completely frivolous and inane. It’s a good tool that a lot of people don’t know how to use (myself included, if drunken tweets about popcorn are any indication)—and journalists should be on the forefront of using it well. Most of ’em aren’t, though. Except for Frank Cassano.
I feel like once you start looking at Twitter as a tool..well…you’ll just never get it. I don’t think anyone can “use” Twitter unless they “embrace” Twitter.
ESPECIALLY the media and celebrities.
@Terry Moran is doing it right…to cite one example.
Well, I think for non-media types it’s perfectly OK not to get it. It’s a really handy way of keeping up with what’s interesting on the internet—like a more personable RSS feed. Journalists should probably be figuring out how to give it a big ol’ hug right about now, though.
Alison…AGREED.