Twitter nation?
According to one Time writer, Twitter is the next big thing. She even asks if Twitter is the next YouTube.
For anyone who hasn’t heard or read about this new Internet site, it allows people to post microblogs using mobile devices like cell phones. Computers can be used too, but posts are limited to a few words so it caters to texters and people on the go.
In the examples I’ve seen, people are “packing for a trip” or “watching Planet Earth on Discovery channel” or something trivial like that. It really seems like a site for people who need to blog even when their not blogging. The fact that the site is accessible via cell phone is a cool innovation. But does everyone needs to know what everyone else is doing at all times?
“I’m in the bathroom.” Gross. “I just got coffee.” Boring.
Most people’s lives are boring, but the entertainment is when awesomeness strikes. If this site does take off, and it probably will, imagine Twitters like these:
See an interesting license plate in the parking lot at the grocery store? Twitter.
Toaster explode this morning on a co-worker? Twitter.
Drop your car keys down a storm drain? (Been there, it sucks) Twitter.
The Time magazine article says MySpace is getting stale and the Internet community is always ready for the next big thing. Enter Twitter.
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What’s wrong with someone letting the world know about an interesting license plate at the grocery store?