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I think twitter is being over used to the point of ridiculousness. One example of ridiculous is our congress taking the time to tweet when they can't even take the time to read the bills they are voting on. Also, news reports find it necessary to report on the mindless dribble that is posted there by the latest "in" person. I chose to get a twitter account to get a discount on something I purchased. All I had to do was tweet the item and the website. That was 4 months ago. Since that time I am constantly emailed saying new people are following my tweets. Why? I have nothing there and never intend to. It's a waste of time, but complete strangers are waiting to hear useless one liners out me. I don't understand it???!!!!

I think it's contributing to the degradation of intelligence in our young people. The max amount of "space" to type on these is about 15kb - which translates to about a 5 word sentence. We are reducing ourselves to 5 word sentences...& therefore promoting improper English, spelling & reading! It cultivates nosiness & bad manners. WHO CARES what time so & so went to a show or dinner or the store and especially to the bathroom?? I think it's really sad that we are condoning such vapid, shallowness in our lives today and I stay clear of people who Tweeter! Same goes for people who are on MySpace. I stay clear of them because they are usually very weird & insecure. Facebook, I have mixed feelings about... I wouldn't use it but I have friends who do and they seem to like some of the features...

Is society going to lose the ability to communicate face to face with people. Texting, twitter, facebook etc. - get outside, look around you and talk to someone, just a smile and hello.

I know nothing about it.

Don't really care for Twitter. Don't have time for all the new social networking. Have more important things, in my life to do.

To twitt or not to twitt - I choose NOT! Have better things to do then keep my nose in others business or brag or complain about mine to others. Grow up america.

not familiar

I have never used it and don't plan on it

Have not taken time to explore and understand, but will within the next 30 days. My gut says it is a good thing.

I can't stand being tied to my computer every second to see who twits what. It's definitely something for people who feel they must comment on everything. Twitter me not!

Invasion of privacey,but it's another money maker

it's all good, communications tech is always a plus.

I would just like to say that we 'all' need to get along and help our fellow man(fellow brother & sister). Please treat others as you would like to be treated.Live,Love & Laugh,Your friend Randy

Have no use for it.

It is a total waste of time. If a child has time to do twitter then they have time to help around the house like clean their rooms, do laundry, dust, vacuum, help with the meals, do dishes, take care of the dogs, mow the lawn & do their homework. When I was a child if I said I was bored I had to pull weeds or clean house. I never said I was bored again. Come on parents get control of your children.

I use Facebook often, signed up for Twitter but haven't really used it y et. I love to stay updated with family and friends on Facebook and see all the photos.

If someone thinks that OUR president should use it, or control it, or even give it any thought at all, it just goes to prove there are more TWITS (in the real original meaning) and even in the White House. We need to spend more time on REAL education (again in the real meaning of the word). Spreading horse manure is a far better and useful pastime.

I guess if you have friends to follow, but who can remember to post up every little thing your doing? "I'm going to the bathroom now", "I'm going to take a nap", "I'm hungry so I'm going to find something to eat". As long as you don't go to crazy with it, it's okay.

A lot of talking about what is really just a limited text mail service. To me, the scary part seems to be following clebs and others as they tweet what they are doing - then, of course, hearing these folks complain of lack of privacy when their photos are taken.

i do not use twitter so it does not matter to me for one i do not own a cell phone yet

I have never used Twitter, and see no reason to. There are much better ways to spend my time.

A tool to assist the government to spy on innocent American citizens.

I don't care either, another complicated thing in life.

I don't care about any of the social networking stuff. I think it is fine for getting in contact with friends, etc. But I think people put too much value on what others think. No one questions validity anymore. why do i care what some star is doing that day. who knows if it is real. They don't care about you or me. It is just feeding their ego. Most actors and people of fame that post on twitter have no connection to the everyday grind that the rest of us face. They are pampered and coddled and then pretend that they have it tough. I don't want to hear how they think the world should be or what they do for it or what they think in general. most of them are just mindless twits that are spoonfed things and can't make up their own mind and just jump at the most popular view to boost their popularity. In short, Twitter is just another sign of the mental decay that racks society today.

twitter is the new TV of the computer age, It to will have devistating health problems associated with, just as TV has been proven to.

I AM SOOOO TIRED OF HEARING ABOUT IT. I HAVE NEVER TWITTERED.

twitter is for twits!

Something else I should have added. Both Myspace and Facebook should be shutdown, or at least be closely scrutinized by the authorities, followed by the same methods applied to Youtube. Myspace is close to creating the kind of mayhem that pervaded the basic singles scene of the past century.

NOT INTO IT, HAVE BETTER THINGS TO DO

all of these sites should be removed, facebook, twitter and my space and a few more as well.They serve no purpose at all.Kids use them to meet people and are not monitered by younger parents as was the familys of yesteryear.Todays lifestyles are horrible and I may add that some of these surveys are foolish in nature

I still believe (want to believe? Continue to believe?) that Twitter is relevant as long as it contains reasonably relevant information.

Why not just read a good book instead.

It may be good for people who don't have any thing to do.

Blech!!

I think that it is fun for the kids and teens. It is also a great way to find your old class mates that you lost contact with. The bad thing is when they don't remember you or just don't care. I also can never really find anything to say on it except, Hey I sell Mary Kay. It is great for that. It to load pics of my family and friends to show a bunch of family and friends that live far away so I dont have to email all of them.

I do not usually have reason for Twitter, but our kids' swim team has large meets and there is not enough seating in the ready/race area, so they update when your child needs to be ready via Twitter. Very helpful in this case.

PEOPLE NEED TO LIVE LIFE NOT TALK ABOUT EVERY SECOND. GET OUTSIDE FOR GOODESS SAKES!

They should do a survey to see how obsessive/compulsive Twitter users are.

Personaly, I have not used twitter. The internet has so much to offer that I haven't had the spare time to try it out. I will probably check it out though, sometime in the future.

Waste of time...not interested.

I don't use this- have no need and don't see the point personally. But I guess it's good for some people.

Never used twitter. Don't see a need to waste time jawjacking about nonsense issues.

Can't see why anyone has to tell everyone what they are doing every minute of the day. Will not be signing up for this service.

Would rather listen to natural twitter of birds in my back yard. Man-made twitter is just a waste of time. Life is to short.

Common wisdom would seem to suggest that more and better communication would be better, but experience is showing that it creates more problems and mis-communications. To much communicating and very little understanding. Animals don't speak the same languages and yet they can understand each other. Another indicator that the human ego is larger than anything in the universe. Until we, as humans, realize that we are not the most important thing in the universe, we are doomed and we will take everything else with us.

Haven't been there, don't plan to. Who cares what people are doing all the time anyway? I know how to get in touch with all my friend and family and if I want to know what/how they are doing, I will either call, email or visit them. For the same reason, i also don't do myspace... there are enough people in my life, I don't need to fill it with others I will never meet.

I don't really get it, and I'd rather not, thanks.

i think that having privacy in your life is extremely important, having your buisness open to the public is an open door for DRAMA, thanks twitter but seriously, no thanks

Wow all I see are negative comments. Guess I will be the only one to say I love Twitter. A friend told me about it months ago and we joined up as a way to keep in touch. I won concert tickets from a radio station on Twitter which resulted in meeting a few celebrities. If you're not on there following Michael Ian Black you are missing out. Everything he tweets about is hilarious.

I don't know much about it but what I do know of it sounds like another digital means of contact. More ways to alienate people and keep us from being interpersonal.

not cool at all too high tech

Don't understand it and really don't want to

A site for narcissistic people who believe that everyone cares about what they are doing at any moment.

I like Twitter, it's a great way to spend mindless time online and unwind from a chaotic day at the office.

I don't think it's that big of a deal. You can choose what you say!!! It's just something to do and it's fun to talk with friends I haven't seen in a while.

interesting but I do not have much time to spend on it

It's Great!!!

a waste of time

A stupid waste of time. GET A LIFE!

I don't find the excitement in this at all, I do however see what "kids" see in it as they do love to communicate to the world who, what they are as a individual.

I have allways thought any kind of gossip is evil and will never come to any goodness.

I don't quite get it or how to use it.

Have never used Twitter. Don't see need. There's so much technology out there that it is too confusing and expensive to keep up with. Yes, I guess I am a fuddy old man.

Already have facebook.How many places does one need to waste time and learn other people's business?

Seems absolutly worthless.

I don't even do myspace. I'm not interested in the technology at all. Too many weirdos and jerks. Don't we run across enough of them in real life??? Blogs annoy the heck out of me too!

soounds dumb

I don't know what this actually is and I don't want to! (especially after finding out about it and then reading what the other commentators here think of it)!

I think it's dumb. I mean, who cares what a total stranger is thinking from one minute to the next. Egocentric.

not what i would like to do

I think it is a pathetic commentarty on society that so many have so little to do that they have time to twitter. These "twits" could be certainly put their time to better use.

I have been using Twitter in a matter of speaking since last fall. My only problem with it, is my same argument regarding the dunderheads who persist in fabricating stories behind e-mail junk that trillions of people fall for regarding those events. We need make an effort to post relevant data to Twitter, which is why I almost approve of the efforts our President to do so.

I honestly don't care

Who has the time?

Twitter, isn't that another word for slave to technology? Stop letting big business decide what is the cool thing to own. If you don't NEED it, don't buy it!

There are so many places to gossip that another one probably does not make a difference. I think it is a waste of time and we have enough on the net to waste our time with now.

Honestly I see no point in Twitter. All people do is go online and "blog" which is another word for complain about the dumbest issues and how hard they're life is. Reality check everyone goes through thick and thin but you don't see the whole world cry about it on the internet.

just another inmpersonal of communicating. i'm sure there are some good practical uses for it but what it is i don't know yet.

Interesting way to get yourself in DEEP trouble. BEST way in the world to tell the world all your private business that you really should be keeping private. I'll pass

I have no idea how to get to twitters and I do not know exactly what they do

Just another way of gossiping and waste of time

Drink the koolaide, just don't complain when the cute lil birdie turns on ya.

Another gimic for people to involve themselves in nonsensical gibberish.

my biggest fear is flying and snakes

Waste of time.

Who wants to be constantly connected to the outside world? What ever happened to privacy or down time for yourself. We are letting personal interacting get lost. Anticipation of face to face interaction is gone.

It would be fun if we could be sure it won't become obscene and a place for people to make unkind and lurid remarks/pictures.

I signed up for twitter to see what the big deal is. I don't care for it. Reading about what a senator ate for dinner or a family member doing a routine chore is nothing to get excited about.

I HAVE TO AGREE WITH RAINBOW 65 LOT OF PEOPLE CANT WALK OR CHEW GUM........

I have no opinion because I've never tried it.

Although I personally am a big fan of Twitter, the subliterate nature of many of these postings leads me to fear that it and other short messaging technologies are destroying our ability as human beings to communicate in written English with any degree of clarity and accuracy. Sigh.

Social networking is a waste of time but taking online polls isn't? pfffft. funny.

Twitter has to be the second stupidest time-waster in the entire world.

dont really think we need it

ANOTHER WAY TO KILL YOUR SELF WHILE DRIVING !!!!!!

Pointless. Like others have said, just another myspace and facebook fad. Everyone is trying to make networking sites like myspace, but let's face it, myspace was the original. People need to stop copying those sites, or we will have too many! 1 or 2 is plenty!

have never used it or plan to. who cares really?

Stupidest thing I ever heard of! Who cares if someone else has a doctor appointment or has to go to the bathroom? Don't people have anything else to do?

It is another way that we do not have to communicate face to face with other people. It would be better to speak with people surrounding you than on line and we may find ourselves more tolerant with people different than ourselves.

cool