When discussing Twitter I always keep this thing in mind http://paulgraham.com/twitter.html http://paulgraham.com/twitter.html Twitter is not a service it is (

When discussing Twitter I always keep this thing in mind http://paulgraham.com/twitter.html http://paulgraham.com/twitter.html Twitter is not a service it is (more) a protocol. So it that sense people can and should use it anyway they want. And paying for it doesn't/shouldn't change that. I have a certain way of using Twitter that makes it valuable for me. But a lot of people I know seem to be shouting without listening or engaging. But hey, if that works for you, go right ahead. Also for the other arguments: - I do feel social pressure in following back. So that's just personal I guess. - I always felt the "favorite" feature is a bit 'off'. I used to use this to bookmark tweets with interesting links (read later kind of thing). But now it seems to be used as the "Like" for Twitter. But Twitter itself isn't utilizing it as such. People favoriting tweets doesn't change your timeline. You can go to "Discover" but that is not the same. So I always felt Twitter is missing a feature OR they are not utilizing the Favorite thing the right way.