>> Now, if the real reason for using Twitter is to follow stuff that's
>> happening in real life, then yes, I guess to me the system would be
>> completely useless. I can't think of anything that happens in real life
>> that I would actually give a damn about...
>
> Yeah, I fogrot that you live in a bubble completely isolated from the
> outside world

It's more that politics and commerce do not interest me.

> For example, our province's new premier was almost assassinated last
> night while giving her victory speech. There were lots of people in that
> theater who wanted to know what the heck was going on. Following the
> police's and tv stations' Twitter feed was all they had. Likewise, the
> tv stations were following the twitter feeds of the people in the
> theater to get as many details as they could.

Damn. And here I was thinking that's what people watch the news and read 
newspapers for...

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