> I'm not arguing in the first place. I'm just describing the things as I undestand them. I may be wrong, but that's why I'm describing them: so that other's ca

> I'm not arguing in the first place. I'm just describing the things as I undestand them. I may be wrong, but that's why I'm describing them: so that other's can explain them to me if they feel like doing it. It's fine to post-rationalize it that way but your initial comment left very little room for that interpretation. Questions generally work better than assertions for addressing curiosity. > I don't see this as communication. To me, it feels more like begging for attention. I don't feel like this is something I'd like to be doing (or at least feel like I'm doing). Not really sure what to tell you. You're also not seeing all the direct messages that pass between people, responding to certain things privately, or the many @replies that aren't parsed into the public web interface due to flakey clients. But whatever — you're finding ways to reassure your preconceptions and that's totally your privilege. In the end, though, "not my cup of tea" is a very different sentiment from "I fail to see any other legitimate use of it." What you call vacuous I call personality. The people who work on interesting things are worth getting to know personally. I've enjoyed meatspace drinks and, again, entire paid gigs through getting to know people this way. A good friend who was fucked in unemployment land scored an amazing gig through just being fun and personable on Twitter. Thus same friend managed to introduce me to some people I really admire through the same means. So if you want to view Twitter through this boring-ass lens where you have no curiosity about your fellow humans, well, I guess it's not surprising you're not going to get much value from it. Like much of life, it's what you make of it.