I'm the same demographic and also never really got into Twitter, but I definitely see the appeal. Comparing Twitter to RSS is definitely way off as RSS has rea

I'm the same demographic and also never really got into Twitter, but I definitely see the appeal. Comparing Twitter to RSS is definitely way off as RSS has really nothing to do with social, and Twitter has everything to do with social. HN/Reddit, by comparison, are almost exactly the same thing with just different community standards. Twitter is really about a streamlined and open conversation. It's a more stripped-down social experience compared to Facebook or Tumblr or whatever other social networks came before, but yet it captures the essence of online interaction in an elegantly minimalist fashion. I think this leads some people to find it utterly vapid because online interaction is simply not the same as in-person, and Twitter exacerbates these characteristics by lowering the time and location requirements down to near zero, so you can participate anywhere, anytime, on any device without ever having to take more than a minute because you're limited to 140 characters anyway. There is definitely a purity and beauty to it, but it always gives me the sense that I'm wasting my time.