The thing about Twitter that doesn't seem to get discussed that often is that it's a heavily unbalanced platform between content producers (tweeters) and consum

The thing about Twitter that doesn't seem to get discussed that often is that it's a heavily unbalanced platform between content producers (tweeters) and consumers (readers), and there seems to be a perception problem with how it's supposed to be used. The people I most often see talking about how amazing Twitter is are those that get to reap the benefits of having a large following -- sure, if you have 10,000 followers and you can just pop on and write "Hey Twitter - any suggestions on a new ...?" and you get flooded with responses, of course you're going to think the community is amazing. Now, as a _consumer_, Twitter can also be amazing -- if you curate who you follow, and understand that you're basically there to read and consume. But then these folks see that "tweet" button, and they dip in to being a producer, and they're effectively screaming into a crowded room. "Hey, nobody's paying attention to me - this Twitter thing sucks" and then they shrug and walk away. So Twitter's biggest problem, it seems, is that Twitter is actually different things to different people, and it needs to better differentiate what its purpose is so expectations are set properly.