This article reminds me of another article on HN a few days back about "kids bullying is about climbing up their social hierarchy" or something. I think the sam

This article reminds me of another article on HN a few days back about "kids bullying is about climbing up their social hierarchy" or something. I think the same thing can be said to Twitter; for many (including this OP), it's about climbing up whatever social positioning that the Twitter space provides. I don't really understand that kind of use of Twitter. For me, it is always a personal echo chamber that I hang out with a couple of like-minded people. I've never followed "famous" people, and I tweet in the same way as I post on HN... it's mostly just a monologue or "note to self" that is aimed at pretty much no one but myself. Naturally I don't have any addiction problem with Twitter or HN.