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Twitter helped deal with the problem of many people being uncomfortable with expressing themselves in longer forms of the written word. It also works for those with short attention spans. Combined with a following mechanism, that has proven very effective.
Look at the data. Joe Blow doesn't have a million followers. Celebrities and public figures do.
@Shaq is not going to blog. He will post insight into his life.
It's a standardized framework for communicating links, ideas, news, and media.
Ask someone you know how comfortable they are writing/reading an article(blog entry). Then ask them how comfortable they are writing/reading a sentence(Tweet). Twitter helped deal with the problem of many people being uncomfortable with expressing themselves in longer forms of the written word. It also works for those with short attention spans. Combined with a following mechanism, that has proven very effective.
Stupid confession: I can't figure out how to use twitter. I have asked. And asked. I can't wrap my brain around it. So I honestly have no idea what the point is.
Just seems a lot of people use it to follow what famous people "tweet." Want to know if Tom Cruise is using the bathroom? Better check twitter...
If you aren't interested in fame/famous people then twitter has little value.
I dont use it much
Stupid confession: I can't figure out how to use twitter. I have asked. And asked. I can't wrap my brain around it. So I honestly have no idea what the point is.
You aren't alone. Just seems a lot of people use it to follow what famous people "tweet." Want to know if Tom Cruise is using the bathroom? Better check twitter... If you aren't interested in fame/famous people then twitter has little value.
They blew up because it became the first mainstream way to contact celebrities. They are staying where they are because it's a great service.