In response: 1. Bad grammar isn't limited to Twitter/FriendFeed/etc. It's a problem throughout the web. 2. Weren't the original blogs just online diaries? If

In response: 1. Bad grammar isn't limited to Twitter/FriendFeed/etc. It's a problem throughout the web. 2. Weren't the original blogs just online diaries? If microblogging is an evolution of blogging, it would make sense to revisit old ideas to see how they pan out with new technologies. 3. This one applies to the rest of the internet. You can waste hours perfecting a blog post or reading HN or /. or any other social (or nonsocial) news site. 4. I don't know about other people my age (I'm 18), but I remember having to spend time in HS/College working on papers that were over 140 characters. Also, maybe it's just me, but I end up putting some thought into my tweets to make them fit in 140 chars instead of going over the limit. 5. If you're the type of person that gets distracted easily, it wont matter what you're doing. You'll find a way to distract yourself from what you need to do.