I just posted a comment similar to yours. I browsed over the comments here reall...

		Freebytes on Jan 28, 2010 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: 3 Simple Rules That Will Make You a 'Superstar' De... I just posted a comment similar to yours. I browsed over the comments here really fast to be sure no one said exactly what I did first, but I must have overlooked yours. I do not understand the appeal to do this either. It seems a bit pretentious in a way to make satirical articles such as the ones demonstrated here.

It just may be the killer app of Twitter though, now that I think about it.