[lbo-talk] Twitter: >40% pointless babble

[Alan Rudy]

Despite the overwrought claims made by social networking proponents, what's
weird to you (and, most of the time, to me) is also a kinda intriguing and
possibly-potential filled redefinition, de/re-spatialization of "social" and
"context", no?  As Ravi points out, you can tweet selectively if you prefer,
but if you don't this stuff can be searched and pursued and generate
connections in provocative, however problematic, ways, no?
Alan (aware of quota issues)

On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 12:07 PM, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:


>
> On Aug 13, 2009, at 11:57 AM, Alan Rudy wrote:
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>  But isn't >40% still less than the percentage in everyday conversation?
>>
>
> But that would be in a social context. Broadcasting the news to
> scores/hundreds/thousands that you are having a sandwich - or, as an
> otherwise very smart and literate friend of mine once inexplicably posted,
> "I just steamed some sugar snap peas" - is weird.
>
> Doug
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