Comments on: ….Why Twitter is Inane http://fourreasonswhy.com/2007/11/29/why-twitter-is-inane/ A Blog Focused on Lists Fri, 29 Aug 2008 22:38:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Jeff Standen http://fourreasonswhy.com/2007/11/29/why-twitter-is-inane/#comment-429 Jeff Standen Fri, 07 Dec 2007 07:25:43 +0000 http://fourreasonswhy.com/2007/11/29/why-twitter-is-inane/#comment-429 Sure, many people are always going to be self-indulgent with blogs, Twitter or anything remotely social. You don't have to listen to those people. There certainly are ways to 'effectively' use Twitter, when you realize it's not all about emo-driven microblogging. Many web applications are hooking into Twitter to provide remote control functionality through IMs or SMS. I think that's certainly one option Twitter has for monetizing their model for 'providers' without ever charging 'readers'. Sure, many people are always going to be self-indulgent with blogs, Twitter or anything remotely social. You don’t have to listen to those people.

There certainly are ways to ‘effectively’ use Twitter, when you realize it’s not all about emo-driven microblogging.

Many web applications are hooking into Twitter to provide remote control functionality through IMs or SMS. I think that’s certainly one option Twitter has for monetizing their model for ‘providers’ without ever charging ‘readers’.

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