Apparently bloging, chating, and IMing is soooooooo yesterday! The new tool for the compulsively in touch is Twitter, a social networking site designed to keep tabs on friend and loved ones. It allows users to stay in touch with people to perhaps an unhealthy (even downright diseased) level of minutia. Nonetheless, this is the new mode of communication.
One thing I can say is that, yes, it is addictive. I've only had an account for two hours and I'm already thinking "Ooo, I could twitter(?) that!" I can't help but feel that this is going to be bigger than blogging in the mainstream. Most people just don't like to (or shouldn't, to be honest) write that much, so Twitter is perfect as it actually limits you to 140 characters, so you can keep in touch without being a great wordsmith. As "Grammar Girl" puts it in her Unofficial Twitter Style Guide:
If you can't say it in 140 characters, reevaluate whether you should be posting it at Twitter.So take a look at the site and maybe start an account (let me know if you do and we can swap usernames, if your interested in obsessively following my movements). You may also want to check out the wikipedia article and the Twitter Blog.
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