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April 10, 2009 at 12:46pm
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I found the above “tweet” interesting for the following reasons:
From an outsiders perspective, this message is absurd.  Someone that has never heard of twitter will have a very hard time understanding this message.
It’s interesting that with only 140 characters, none are original commentary.
Twitter, for all its simplicity and focus, is very complex.  @ signs, # signs, RT.  It’s a whole new lexicon.

I found the above “tweet” interesting for the following reasons:

  1. From an outsiders perspective, this message is absurd.  Someone that has never heard of twitter will have a very hard time understanding this message.
  2. It’s interesting that with only 140 characters, none are original commentary.
  3. Twitter, for all its simplicity and focus, is very complex.  @ signs, # signs, RT.  It’s a whole new lexicon.