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I'm not sure there is anything to "get over". Most of the posts simply said that if you don't use Twitter you are not alone.

No, most posts agreed with Patheon whose posting was in the vein of "Cars? Who needs this newfangled stuff? They're pointless. Why ride a car if you have a horse and buggy anyway?"

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No, most posts agreed with Patheon whose posting was in the vein of "Cars? Who needs this newfangled stuff? They're pointless. Why ride a car if you have a horse and buggy anyway?"

And maybe it's because I see it as just as pointless (ok, maybe just way overrated,) but I saw Patheon's post as much of "Who needs a 2013 model sports car when a the 2009 model sedan still runs just fine and gets you to the same place?"

For one, Google is shutting down iGoogle at the end of 2013. iGoogle was a great place to have one's RSS feeds all in one place (without a need for a RSS feed reader).

So Twitter is a decent replacement for this.

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I don't use Twitter and still manage to learn everything important that others know.

People who are still reading actual newspapers say the same thing about the internet...

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There were other ways to communicate before Twitter.

And there will be ways after Twitter. I never said it was the golden egg.

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Twitter gives very little more than any other type of communication except that its luck of the draw becoming popular (there are several other sites like it) and centralized more people.

Isn't that almost always the case? Microsoft wouldn't be this big today if they hadn't struck that MS-DOS deal with IBM 30 years ago.

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While there are people who tweet more newsworthy stuff, it's still filled with "I am standing in line and store. I am so bored." and "I just saw a Johnny Depp lookalike in the neighboring town, I wonder if the real Johnny Depp will be making a movie in my town soon. I hope he will let me star in it! Stay tuned so that I can tell you when we start filming!" then yea.... Pantheon's perspective (though overly-embellished, imo) has validity.

So what? Who reads that? How many followers do these people have?

Just because people go on and on and on about the most vain topics never made the telephone pointless. "Hang up." "No you hang up." "No, no, you hang up first." ...

I just have an avertion against the "I don't have a use for it so it must be useless for everyone" attitude which is shining through here:

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A lot of people think it's stupid and wish it would die a painful death.

Now, wait a damned minute!! I never said anything about wanting Twitter to die a death or go away. I also never said anything about preferring older methods of communication.

I stated an opinion. I think Twitter is inane. Maybe I should have explained why I feel that way?

I like to keep in touch with friends, family, news etc and I do not feel that anything important can be said in 140 characters (or whatever the limit is).
What pertinent information can be imparted within that restriction? Once again, an opinion. I like my news/information with more depth.

However, as some people have shown here, they use this service to provide news updates. Good for them. I do not begrudge the use of this site to anyone who gets something out of it.
I personally, do not have a use for it and it has nothing to do with wanting the world to stay the same (how snide and judgemental was that!).

I use facebook to keep in touch with my friends around the world - it allows communication at varying degrees of depth, as well as access to other information. I find this useful.
I know many other people who hate facebook.

A couple of people here have implied that I am a fossil you doesn't support advancement. I take object to that.

I wonder how many people who use Profiler have gone over to Blu-ray? And, from there to 3D blu-ray? Not many, I would think.
I have.
So, just because I don't like Twitter don't label me as antiquated. I'm happy with eReaders over books, cars over bicycles and acceptance over prejudice. Please do not confuse an opinion on a subject as a definitive statement on other issues or an indication of motivation.

If you wanted to know why I hate Twitter you could have simply asked me, yes? To make assumptions on why I don't like it is just as bad as me making a blanket statement without deeper explanation.

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I like to keep in touch with friends, family, news etc and I do not feel that anything important can be said in 140 characters (or whatever the limit is).
What pertinent information can be imparted within that restriction? Once again, an opinion. I like my news/information with more depth.

I don't use Twitter as a means to communicate with friends. And I don'tknow anyone who does (but I'm sure they're out there).

But I do know that my youngest cousin is texting dozens of times a day. 160 characters per message. He probably would use Twitter the same way he uses his mobile (you can send private messages via Twitter, it doesn't have to be public).

As I showed on page one, for me Twitter is a means of a newsticker where I can customize the sources of the newsfeeds to my individual needs.

A headline and a link to a proper article. For that 140 characters are just about enough.

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If you wanted to know why I hate Twitter you could have simply asked me, yes? To make assumptions on why I don't like it is just as bad as me making a blanket statement without deeper explanation.

But when you write something like this:

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Twitter is the most inane, boring, totally pointless invention in the history of man

it implies that people who are actually using this invention seem to have nothing better to do with their time if they can waste it on this inane, boring and totally pointless tool.

Ok, let's agree to a misunderstanding an move on.

BTW: I totally don't see the point of internet on the phone - for me.

I am on facebook but not Twitter.. though I do read the twitter feeds of some celebrities I like... just for the fun of it.

And then even on facebook I tend to only play the games on there... don't really post messages much.

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Just an opinion...Twitter is the most inane, boring, totally pointless invention in the history of man.

Agree.