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Originally Posted by kstar View Post
I am surprised you feel this way, Todd.

A very small percentage of the folks or organizations I follow on Twitter use the service for "status updates." It's a source for fast-breaking news and announcements. I follow the ARI (Rand Institute), Ars Technica and a brain surgeon working on an iPhone app, among many other interesting people/groups. Not many "I am eating a popsicle now" updates.

Besides, it's 100% opt-in, i.e. you have total discretion over whose stuff you get.

But, like you said, "YMMV."

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I've been into various social networking tools for a long time. Maybe it is just burnout, but since moving into my current work I don't feel the need to chase "fast-breaking news". That used to be the focus of my work, but now I actually have to get stuff done

I get enough data in my brain every day. I also don't do email push. I want to control when I get my email. And if I want to get up to date, I'll go to a handful of places when I want to rather than have them pushed to me. To quote my son, it is about "controlling the question."
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