Why Twitter Is Great, and Why That Doesn’t Matter

Twitter! It’s so hot right now. As I write this sentence, the #1 trending topic on Twitter today (New Moon) has generated 40 more tweets in the timespan between my typing of the words “sentence” and “tweets”. Twitter is fast. It’s easy. It’s a continual conversation with your friends. It’s the top source of Inside Info On Celebs. Twitter users can sway the decisions of giant companies! News hits first on Twitter! It’s the new source — an eternal fount of information! It’s the new empowerment — users can be heard!

(There are 285 new tweets about New Moon now.)