Twitter

[Alex]

Since Twitter is only of use to me by text message (it is blocked at work) I need to keep the volume down or I'll start missing actual important text messages and phone calls.

All I ask of any data stream is that the contents are of interest to me. When limited to 140 characters, the realm of potentially interesting stuff is drastically reduced. Almost to the point that the only reason it is interesting is because of who is saying it, not because of what is said. There are exceptions (a prominent film critic twittering first reactions while exiting each screening would be interesting to me independent of the exact person involved) but a Barack Obama press aide twittering as Obama isn't one of them. Nor is a fictional character.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Originally Posted by Alex

There are exceptions (a prominent film critic twittering first reactions while exiting each screening would be interesting to me independent of the exact person involved) but a Barack Obama press aide twittering as Obama isn't one of them. Nor is a fictional character.

A quick defense - The twitters say where Obama is, what he's up to. Not "Gotta pick up drycleaning" or "Stupid line at Starbucks", but "gave speech" etc. It doesn't have to be the man himself twittering. I think of it as news feed.

[Alex]

Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

A quick defense - The twitters say where Obama is, what he's up to. Not "Gotta pick up drycleaning" or "Stupid line at Starbucks", but "gave speech" etc. It doesn't have to be the man himself twittering. I think of it as news feed.

Oh, I know what it is. That just isn't a stream of content that is any interest to me. Obama really twittering what his day is like might be. I don't care that he just landed in Pierre, North Dakota.