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The Twitterati Launder Their Woes
Silicon Valley's secret matchmaker
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Thu Nov 26
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02/27/09
Do you guys even read it anymore? Or do you just wait for these people to email you their posts?
02/27/09
03/02/09
To me, it marks the end of any even theoretical premise that Twitter was classless. You could and can just @ Guy Kawasaki and he'll @ you right back; that was, as long as follow/followback was perceived as a handshake, the general assumption on Twitter. That you were at least theoretically equals.
Once the Twitterati start pruning and making their follow/follower ratios more exclusive, it introduces a class consciousness that was not built in there, but added artificially.
And it's completely artificial, as everyone I know is already using TweetDeck to filter their infostream anyway. There is no need NOT to follow, except to demonstrate how important you are.
02/27/09
02/27/09
Though he does seem to have a Twitter. Not sure what to make of that.
02/26/09
Pay someone to staple your fingers together so that you cannot type in your spare time. Believe me, that's good PR advice, you out of touch freaks. STOP YOUR TWEET!
02/26/09
Trust me on this one.
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