> a large amount of public discourse and sometimes even official company or government announcements are only available through Twitter. What exactly are you a

> a large amount of public discourse and sometimes even official company or government announcements are only available through Twitter. What exactly are you afraid of missing out on? I've never had a Twitter account and that has never been a problem for me. The overwhelming majority of my exposure to the site comes from screencaps, embedded tweets in blogs and articles, and the occasional link on HN.