I would argue the exact opposite. Because the amount of information you can transmit is so limited, it makes it far easier not to think twice. Think about it: w

I would argue the exact opposite. Because the amount of information you can transmit is so limited, it makes it far easier not to think twice. Think about it: writing a blog post is, for most people, an activity which requires a good deal of thought, revision, and editing. And why shouldn't it -- you can write and include anything you want. Compare that to Twitter: how long does it take to think of 140 characters to spew into a tiny box? Not very long. And since it is so easy, it can be done 20 times per day! And since there are so many "posts", you don't really have to care about the quality of those posts individually. You can see this on a lot of blogs, too -- once-poignant bloggers set out to write a post per day and suddenly it becomes obvious they are grasping for topics, jumping sharks, and simply putting stuff out there that is of low quality. There are two ends to the writing spectrum, and on either end are the essayists and the, uh, twitter-ists. The essayists don't release very often, but when they do it is close to a foregone conclusion that the material will be worth reading. The twitterists release a dozen times per day and while they will occasionally, perhaps merely by statistical probability, release something worth reading, it is close to a foregone conclusion that the material will not be worth reading. Now we get to the "masses" part, and why Twitter will take off. Answer this question: The majority of people are: (a) essayists, (b) twitterists The answer is quite obvious. Tweeting requires neither skill nor forethought which are things that most people either do not possess or do not exercise very often.