<p>I think Twitter is mainly for CNN anchors to have a place to go when they don’t want to do actual work. “President Obama is giving a speech? Ohmigosh, it’ll take too much time to get together a panel of experts to discuss it. Let’s pull out our brand-new IPHONE!!! (order now) and check out what the morons on the 'Net are saying about it!”</p>
<p>There are a few people who use Twitter who aren’t either narcissistic bores or cable newsreaders, but most of them are comedians or people who love to share jokes. Which, of course, can be done much more easily on Facebook. Or by writing the joke on your hand with a pen and shoving it into random strangers’ faces.</p>
<p>Colleges are trying to nose their way into everything. When I get on twitter and facebook, it’s to get away from the pressures of school and school-related things…not to be bombarded with crap from colleges. Besides, I don’t want to have to worry about updating my status to “My Boyfriend’s An A**hole” because Stanford is following me on Twitter.</p>
<p>As a high school student, I can honestly say that nobody I know uses Twitter other than a couple friends who occasionally stalk celebrities. I don’t know why adults are so obsessed; Twitter doesn’t connect them to youth.</p>
<p>I think I know of exactly two people in my 2800-student high school who use Twitter. I’ve been thinking about getting one- but honestly, Twitter seems useful for two reasons. First, it’s apparently a very efficient information gatherer if you follow the right people; second, it is the most pleasantly effective celebrity stalking mechanism known to fankind. I haven’t got an interest in most of the information that colleges clutter their Twitters with, and I love you, Stanford, but you are a university, not a celebrity.</p>
<p>Twitter Rules. Facebook Drools. I say that as a very verbal person (a natural born tweeter) who has absolutely no interest in adopting your stray cow, thank you very much. ; - )</p>
<p>My son’s on Facebook, but he rarely posts there or even checks in there. OTOH, some of his teen friends <em>live</em> on Facebook. One girl has posted thousands of pics of herself. Thousands. Not exaggerating. When on earth does she find the time? :o</p>
I say that as a very verbal person (a natural born tweeter) who has absolutely no interest in adopting your stray cow, thank you very much. ; - )</p>