People don't seem to understand the social dynamics behind stuff like this. First, understand that people are becoming increasingly more comfortable with exposi

People don't seem to understand the social dynamics behind stuff like this. First, understand that people are becoming increasingly more comfortable with exposing themselves online. Second, people really want to brag and let others know about themselves, despite what they say. They feel their lives are important and want to weave their lives into the entire cloth of social happenings. Third, think of twitter as a widdled down Facebook wall. It provides a mediator to both communicate with close friends with closeness and acquaintances with a comfortable sense of distance. This all compounded with the fact that many people like to feel like they are a part of an extensive community makes understanding sites like Twitter a bit easier. Twitter is providing a more efficient way of letting people know what you're doing. The same was done using a phone but no one really complained about the garbage spoken over phone lines. Think of it as a less dynamic version of instant messaging.