The sentence above has me thinking that perhaps twitter has tapped into a couple of things that are much bigger than i ever considered. Whether you like, hate or love twitter, you can't help but marvel at how important its become to our culture in such a short period of time. And you probably have found yourself thinking about why that is. I know i do.

Well, here's a thought. Perhaps twitter is a place of salvation from a world that otherwise feels like it's swallowing up the little guy. Over the past decade, people have begun to feel extreme levels of skepticism and resentment towards corporate america and politicians. An overall feeling that the system is tilted against the little guy has become pervasive and people have become fed up. What better than to find a place where we can tune out whoever we want, only hear from people we allow in (i.e. follow) and talk about whatever we feel like with those who care about what we have to say.

On twitter, you truly are the maste

hmm... simplicity...

I think you might be on to something here, Eric. In a world with "too much stuff", stripping away the clutter to achieve simplicity is an ongoing struggle.

Simplicity... not so simple to achieve!

I think it has to do with laziness also, lol.

I signed on to twitter and that's all I've done until; I can get unsigned. It's got to be the dumbest thing going on anywhere ever!

@egoldstein

I think it's more of a sign that a lot of people today are used to "sound bites" and now lack the focus for anything more complex. e.g. Try making the comment you just made on this clip and communicate the same message in just 140 characters. My point is, you made some good observations, and gave reasons for them, that can't be done in 140 characters.

I'm a member of tweeter and clipmarks; I almost never use tweeter, but a day doesn't pass without my reading the clips here.

I think people are taking Twitter way too seriously. It is just a good enough medium for people to connect with each other and that's all. I hate the fact that people are ga-ga over the buzz one can create or get involved in, within the twitterspheare but it isn't a bad medium to "quickly" connect the dots with each other.

Clipmarks on the other hand was meant to do the same with 1000 character limit, but it is more refined version of twitter because it has connected comment stream along with many other live features.

Is it the simplicity itself, or is it the fact that it's simplicity allows it to be the most customizable social site on the internet?