Comments on: Twitter Revolution Buzz Pushback http://themoderatevoice.com/35877/twitter-revolution-buzz-pushback/ An Internet hub with domestic and international news, analysis, original reporting, and popular features from the left, center, indies, centrists, moderates, and right Wed, 30 May 2012 15:33:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: DLS http://themoderatevoice.com/35877/twitter-revolution-buzz-pushback/comment-page-1/#comment-189375 DLS Thu, 18 Jun 2009 23:39:53 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/?p=35877#comment-189375 "Twitter is simply a medium; it's the content that matters"<br><br>EXACTLY. It's just a means to an end (communication).<br><br>And it's a laugh when you think of it -- the quality of the content is often awful -- poor non-standard and ad hoc abbreviations, people writing in all lower case, which indicates they are lazy or stupid or both, and the names themselves are in all lower case (again, all lower case is stupid), and they are beloved of lefties who are often anti-business or anti-corporate in their sentiments, and hypocritically so, because the all-lower-case names for Twitter and Facebook that you see displayed on-line or on the television networks are nothing other than corporate-style logos just the same as those of Coca-Cola, KFC, or Nike or its swoosh. Do any of these Twitter-hyping twits who bash Evil Corporate Logos have the sense to see that? “Twitter is simply a medium; it's the content that matters”

EXACTLY. It's just a means to an end (communication).

And it's a laugh when you think of it — the quality of the content is often awful — poor non-standard and ad hoc abbreviations, people writing in all lower case, which indicates they are lazy or stupid or both, and the names themselves are in all lower case (again, all lower case is stupid), and they are beloved of lefties who are often anti-business or anti-corporate in their sentiments, and hypocritically so, because the all-lower-case names for Twitter and Facebook that you see displayed on-line or on the television networks are nothing other than corporate-style logos just the same as those of Coca-Cola, KFC, or Nike or its swoosh. Do any of these Twitter-hyping twits who bash Evil Corporate Logos have the sense to see that?

]]> By: DLS http://themoderatevoice.com/35877/twitter-revolution-buzz-pushback/comment-page-1/#comment-189251 DLS Thu, 18 Jun 2009 17:40:52 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/?p=35877#comment-189251 The hype is stupid, and note that it's convenient for the media because a) it allows them to produce less actual news by substituting Twitter fluff and other similar fluff in place of real news and intelligent thought; b) the quality of the content is routinely as dull and reflects people as dull as the "news" content and what it implies about the typical viewership or "target" audience. The hype is stupid, and note that it's convenient for the media because a) it allows them to produce less actual news by substituting Twitter fluff and other similar fluff in place of real news and intelligent thought; b) the quality of the content is routinely as dull and reflects people as dull as the “news” content and what it implies about the typical viewership or “target” audience.

]]> By: AdmCt http://themoderatevoice.com/35877/twitter-revolution-buzz-pushback/comment-page-1/#comment-189211 AdmCt Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:05:00 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/?p=35877#comment-189211 My guess is that the media, not having any people on the ground in Iran to do the reporting, is hyping how important Twitter is because they are using it themselves for their coverage. Twitter is simply a medium; it's the content that matters, and much of what is being tweeted is static and rumor. That's not good or bad, just the way it is.<br><br>Adam<br><a href="http://www.twitterbacklash.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.twitterbacklash.com</a> My guess is that the media, not having any people on the ground in Iran to do the reporting, is hyping how important Twitter is because they are using it themselves for their coverage. Twitter is simply a medium; it's the content that matters, and much of what is being tweeted is static and rumor. That's not good or bad, just the way it is.

Adam
http://www.twitterbacklash.com

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