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Key point IMO: The Gotham Gal looked at me and said "why are you checking twitter and not email?" ... I told her that email required a reply and twitter did not.
So, let me get this straight: People _prefer_ non-private communications, with advertisers, site operators, and a vaugue sense of "friends and followers" listening in? I don't buy it. Either he's focused on only one segment of the internet population (individuals, not businesses), or it's more wishful thinking regarding social networking. Just what, exactly, is deemed so terrible about email? Shouldn't this be analyz…
Key point IMO: The Gotham Gal looked at me and said "why are you checking twitter and not email?" ... I told her that email required a reply and twitter did not.
The major success factor is that social networks are by default one to many, while email is one to one. Think if you had to email all your friends to tell them you are in town...
And sometimes I dare not ask to be removed from some senders' lists for political reasons.
Time-sucking. Soul-sucking. grrrr...
EDIT: forgot to mention that sorting through the krap via Twit, FB, etc, would not be much more fun.