Twitter is not a community Aug06 '07
Despite it's social networking capabilities, Twitter is not a community. At least not yet.
Right not it's just another form of self-expression: abbreviated, succinct, poetic. Keep it short, keep it to-the-point. Get in, get out.
Twitter's focus is on short bursts of content, rather than engaging conversation.
You can certainly communicate with people (using the "@[username]" syntax before your update), but it's not a forum. Unless you have a really helpful response, mind your own business, and don't engage others just to be a nuisance.
The best part of Twitter is it should promote freedom of open-minded, individualistic thinking. This means that we shouldn't worry about how others will perceive our Twitter updates.
To promote the need for a "community," some Twitter users have requested a "groups" feature that lets you categorize other Twitter users based on interests, location, etc. I disagree with these wishes. To me, Twitter is unique in that it's not a community like MySpace and Facebook.
Twitter is a micro-blog, and I hope it stays that way.
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