I was actually going to include a reference to Twitter in the original post, but I edited it out of the final draft. Here's what I had written up: >Twitter isn

I was actually going to include a reference to Twitter in the original post, but I edited it out of the final draft. Here's what I had written up: >Twitter isn’t social networking, Twitter is blogging. Therefore, the “closed” social networking argument does not apply. >With blogging you wish to share everything you can with the rest of the world. The same can be said for Twitter. The Twitterverse, like the blogosphere, is a place to go and get educated. In these two scenarios, an “open” system trumps any and all closed-systems. >Remember, a social network provides no real value other than fulfilling a social need. The blogosphere and the Twitterverse provide much more.