Twitter is a sucker's game that only serves the needs of a tiny elite

Seth Finkelstein for The Guardian on Twitter.

... As Twitter evangelism has gone down a path similar to blog evangelism. There is the same two-step of arguing: roughly, it can be both diary/chat and journalism, thus a promoter can switch back and forth between those two concepts whenever convenient. The word "conversation" is contorted in a now familiar way, to mean mutual pontification among a tiny elite.

... Twitter is low-level celebrity for the chattering class. And the pathologies of celebrity are all on display, including the exploitative industries that prey on the human desire to be heard and noticed. My answer to Twitter's slogan of "What are you doing?" is: "Not playing a sucker's game."

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emily | 8:38 AM | Twitter |
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