Twitter client for the Commodore 64!

[the_leander]

Twitter has a cute mascot, but unlike the rest of the world, I still don't see how text messaging--a sideband hack--is better than an actual voice conversation. Is it just me?

Right now I'm using twitter because it's the only way I can keep track of whats happening in Iran. None of the mainstream media is really touching it, and twitter offers a great way for people to use their voices in more or less realtime.

[the_leander]

Perhaps CNN is considered mainstream media only in the USA?

Unless you've got Satalite TV (and not always even then) CNN is generally not available outside the US.

But regardless. Getting realtime updates from first hand accounts verses a condensed chopped and shaped versions once maybe every hour wins every time.

I have to say though that before this I'd never even considered Twitter to be more then a geek toy. Then you have NBC reading direct quotes from it...

[the_leander]

But apart from the obvious benefits in places like Iran, I still don't get social networking, via Twitter or otherwise.

I suppose you could argue that "social networking" is merely an extension of forums like this one. Certainly the main reason I come on here these days is because I've made a lot of friends here, many of whome I've since met in real life.