The article is a bit self-serving. The only thing you can do on twitter is post a link to a MSM article or blog. It's devoid of content because it's a communica

The article is a bit self-serving. The only thing you can do on twitter is post a link to a MSM article or blog. It's devoid of content because it's a communication platform, not a publishing platform. It's the equivalent of phoning up a friend and asking them what they thought of the article in the paper. There is nothing wrong with being a communications platform, but it's not a publishing platform and there are certainly needs for sending < 140 character messages, note the popularity of SMS The NYT would like to see more information consumers and fewer producers. Blogs may be declining as a percentage but they are certainly not declining in number. It's just much easier to run a cat blog with twitter + twitpic than wordpress. There always were far more cat bloggers than people publishing interesting content. The only difference is that now they have a platform tailored more to their needs.