Well, you get 140 characters to post stuff...you can send links, or echo other people's stuff if you think it's interesting. Sometimes people talk back and forth with their friends, some people pass on news that they want people to read, some people just share cool links.

It's become a tool for people who have causes as well...there's a lot of traffic about Julian Assange and Wikileaks, but also there's a lot of silliness. People will come up with a silly phrase, like "somethingaintright" (something ain't right) and post some silly comment about it. Or they pass news on about celebrities they like or other fan stuff.

I personally use it to get news and stay in touch with people, and to follow the funny messages of some interesting people like Stephen Fry.

Yes, in a way...long as you can say what you want in 140 characters!

http://twitter.com/#!/knittingknots

That's my twitter page to let you see what it can look like.

I use it as a news source most of all...I occasionally block a real spammer, but if a person wants to follow me just to find the latest news about Korea or whatever issue I find interesting or what I'm posting on FF or my latest poem, fine. I don't get his or her tweets unless I follow them back, so it's a win-win.

If they look interesting, and what they're tweeting seems more than just "buy my stuff" spam, I'll sometimes follow it back.

I follow about 245 people, a lot of them news and emergency services, and stuff about wildlands out West, cause I have a hobby of tracking wildfire info...But I think my favorite sources are the Guardian (my favorite online newspaper), Slate, and Boing Boing.

I follow most of my real peeps in email, private messaging and chats; find it easier to say what I want that way...but I'm an information junkie...I have this knack of turning things into info aggregators..heck, even sf_drama sort of works that way for me. LOL.

(I never claimed to be normal...)

It is sooo good for that. I get irritated if they go too many hours without a posting...LOL.