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I see value in it as a news spreading platform... But the short messages and tagging system really mess with trying to have any sort of actual discussion. I think Twiiter spreads news better than Google Now/Plus, so it's what I use to stay current in news/tech.



I guess I'm just not in a position, where I need news faster than Google News. Which seems to do just fine for me. If the only value Twitter is providing to people, is low latency news article posting, then I think they should position themselves to be that, instead of the 99.99999% of crap that just spread around. Thoughts?


Not sure. I see it as news distribution + a little chatter with friends. Others might see it differently. You don't see any use for it, really, so others might see uses in the other crap, as well. Sometimes streamlining a business or model results in something worse than the original mess.


> I see it as news distribution + a little chatter with friends.

It looks much more like "a little chatter with foes", IMO.


Lol, I guess that's true too




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