Do only twits tweet?(latimes.com) |
Do only twits tweet?(latimes.com) |
goes off to check his twitter feed for something more interesting
However, to find out about these uses can take quite a bit of searching, especially if the reporter doesn't know anyone on Twitter. Granted, this is supposed to be the author's job, but I can understand that they wouldn't want to waste their time on what appears to simply be a worthless fad.
Really, I think the only way we'll see a decent article on Twitter is from someone who's used the service for a while, and has actually taken the time to find the signal among the noise. However, as most of these articles were probably pumped out within a few days due to deadlines, we won't find something like this among the major newspapers.
I think the entire point is, despite the already low bar this article has set, you won't find anything. When I used Twitter, I sure as hell never did.
5 seconds of actual "journalism" would have evaporated this premise pretty quickly.
but hey, why actually try something out when you can just write a crappy fluff piece based on your preconceptions?