I’m against that, too – let’s leave it at that, eh? None of the people I follow on Twitter indulge in such nonsense, and most use it as a tool for work and/or creativity.

And bloody hell, 30 years since I first put finger to touch-sensitive keyboard. Though I’m slightly younger than Simon, I think.

I am a mild user of Twitter (@HalifaxSlasher), though I mostly started it just as a way of keeping tabs on a few chums who, to varying degrees, ceased communicating by other media. It’s an occasionally diverting vehicle for mimbling and spleen-venting, I suppose. Can’t get that excited about it either way.

It might be worth a more serious discussion sometime, when we can both summon more than 140 characters at a time.

Otherwise, tish. And keep up the good work.

“I use Twitter and have found it to be a surprising place/thing. Beyond mundane alerts of sandwich eating and celeb watching are communities growing, dividing, merging and all the time, pulsing information like waves.

Information that catches me, takes me with it to other communities that temporarily gather about the subject before moving on to the next. What does this achieve and is it even meant to achieve anything, is debated and largely depends on what Twitter has washed over you personally.

For me… I (along with one of those temporary communities that gathered about the recent London protests), alerted ‘Tweeting’ news teams (mainstream press) to parts of the protest that were in trouble. I watched the evidence on the news that evening.

Another wave from within this particular Twitter-stream lead to a clustering of those who wanted truth about Ian Tomlinson who died after an encounter with the police at the protests. This continued Twitter-chatter kept the story fresh and did not allow for the lies that were officially released at the time, to be believed.

I follow links if they look enlightening or amusing and I follow people who I encounter along the way – opening up my information base to other voices that broaden my view. I get to see the same world events unfold through the eyes of all those who are watching too and sharing their perspective in real-time. Fascinating.

Time consuming though… sometimes unplugging is vital.

Will it sell books? Unsure.

January 9, 2010 1:16 PM”

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I don’t know where Twitter is heading or if it has definable direction but it is certainly fascinating to watch evolve.

Namaste,
Tina Louise
@tinalouiseUK