First off, yes, I am alive. New jobs will do that.
Earlier today, the ever-wise CK noted that Twitter considers itself an “information network”, and that she agrees with that idea, in the grand sense. She also mentioned that many of us primarily use Twitter as a social tool, which is probably true too.
I agree with CK on both points actually. While Twitter may have grown into a legitimate information network (I get most of my news first from my TweetDeck), its growth has been spurred by the fuel of social interaction. Sort of a “Come for the conversation, stay for the news” type of situation. I think that as Twitter continues to evolve, it will be sharpened as a distributed information source, but it will retain it’s social foundation. Because, really, without it, what’s the big deal?
What say you, internets?
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I guess it all depends on how you use it. I believe it is both. It is totally fantastic for networking, but you can also learn a lot, and use it as a study guide and you can also gather information. It is what you decide it to be.