NEWSFLASH: No one cares what you are doing right this second! Despite what the people at Twitter want you to think, no one really needs to know that you've already taken three dumps today and you're getting ready to mow the lawn before the urge to dump strikes again. Micro-blogging, for those who have better things to do, is like regular blogging for people who are either too busy to post on a regular blog or are too important to only post on a regular blog...
Micro-blogging isn't for everyone
If you are a doctor or a lawyer then you probably have better things to do than sit in front of your computer between the hours of nine and five each day. So micro-blogging may not be for you. But what if you are a twelve year old obsessed with what your friends are saying about you? In that case, you probably need to stay plugged in to Twitter all day long. How about college students or unemployed hipsters? Sure, they'd probably get a similar sick pleasure out of the service. Do you have everything but the will to live? Then micro-blogging may be just the thing for you!Micro-blogging appeals to douche bags who think they need to share everything with everyone. Twitter, for example, can be a great way to waste an hour or six. The amount of time you are likely to waste on Twitter is directly proportional to amount of time you enjoy watching babies cry, or the Faces of Death movies. Take this idiot for example, want to know what they were thinking at 12:13pm on June 17th? If you guessed "took tomatoes for granted and now they're gone" then you'd be right... what an enlightening waste of time, I hope you are happy with yourself. Twitter is full of gems like this, "ever really watch peoples mouths on tv when talking and swear it looks like the whole thing was overdubbed?" Wow, really?
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Micro-blogging has a logical practical application, in theory at least... if only interesting people were allowed to us it, then it'd be worth your time to read it. The problem is, most people use services like these to bitch about mundane stuff... it's like being stuck on the phone or in a car with someone who has nothing new to talk about.Some of my favorite websites are travel blogs or sites about gadgets and video games. It's what I like. If the people who produced my favorite sites had a Twitter account then maybe I would find it interesting, but all I've seen thus far are self interested idiots that want to complain about stuff that I complain about in ways that make me complain about them... It's a vicious cycle.
Microblogging is used for more that just mundane status updates. Why don't you tell the China earthquake victims how useless microblogging is. Or NASA, who is using Twitter for Phoenix Lander updates. How about the kid in Egypt who used microblogging to get himself out of jail. If you think this form of communication is going away, then you're either blind, stupid, or both.
You remind me of one of those degenerates from the 90's who used to say that no one would ever use email or sms.
Wow, those don't seem like special, outside case examples at all...
Your examples are easily covered with forums and a host of other electronic communication technologies that are in use already that have MUCH MORE to offer than micro-blogging. Micro-blogging, as stated in the article, has very limited usage unique unto itself.