>>> 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...

Not WHILE they are being shot at!

Did you miss the part where I said that "There were lots of people _in 
that theater_ who wanted to know what the heck was going on."

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