Anyone use twitter for D?

[Jarrett Billingsley]

On Sun, Dec 14, 2008 at 12:17 AM, John Reimer <terminal.node at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello Nick,
>
>> "Walter Bright" <newshound1 at digitalmars.com> wrote in message
>> news:ghs5kf$9d7$1 at digitalmars.com...
>>
>>> I started one to see how that works out for D.
>>> http://twitter.com/WalterBright
>>>
>> Call me a curmudgeon, but does anyone ever read twitters? They seem to
>> be enormously popular to write, though I've never understood why.
>> (Maybe I'm just not a "web 2.0" kind of guy -> I've never cared for
>> social networking sites, either.)
>>
>
>
> I find it odd too and fail to see why the fad attracts people. I'm guessing
> that the popularity of it is due the attraction the idea has for certain
> personality types: something like an opportunity for the less expressive to
> express themselves free of the obligations rigour (no more thought to
> choosing words carefully, I suppose).  In the manner of blogs, maybe people
> just like talking about themselves... only twitter seems to take it once
> step further, where the reader is entertained with decidedly less thought
> provoking material.  I just don't get it.  Maybe I should /not/ be looking
> at twitter as an information resource.  But if it's just a way people can
> connect with one another to let each other know they are there, then all
> they really need is a flashy red or green light.  Add to that a beeping
> noise for extra effect.
>
> The other alternative is that it's just yet another "marketing" scheme that
> has succeeded in making people think that it's the "thing to do".   I'm sure
> facebook fans would eat this one up. :)
>
> The last option is that I'm just a boring killjoy that doesn't get it. I
> dunno ;).
> But I'm sure this isn't the last clever idea to make it's rounds on the
> internet.

I found this article pretty interesting, at least as far as an insight
into what some people see in Twitter and similar services.

http://tinyurl.com/6ng7tg