Twitter isn't going to die. At worst, it's merely going to cease being buzzworthy. (Of course, in Silicon Valley this could feel like death.) Twitter is proba

Twitter isn't going to die. At worst, it's merely going to cease being buzzworthy. (Of course, in Silicon Valley this could feel like death.) Twitter is probably going to be a fairly successful broadcast network for celebs. The fans will stay because that's where the celebs are, and the celebs will stay because that's where the fans are. And it's a nice medium for celebs: You don't have to write a lot of copy, sign any autographs, or even put on pants. Twitter could go on for decades as the new Entertainment Tonight. Certainly that must be their hope. What might be dead are all the dreams that Twitter could be anything more than the new version of the E! network. People in Silicon Valley will speak of it about as often as they speak of NBC or HBO, and in much the same tones.