Of course, there is something very sexy about our internal conversation also being outwardly facing, and there is an occasional random interjection from the outside that reminds us how clever the tool is.

My point is, the jury is still out for me. I’m not in love with Twitter, but I’m not a hater either. It has yet to awe me the way other tools have (like Facebook, for one).

I think communicating through comments is a waste of time too yes? Oh the irony! Merry Christmas to you too!

LOL. Good point Tyler. It is one of the things I do. But I spend much more of my time dedicated to talking about the behavior shift (people adopting 2.0 tools)–more so than the validity of the tools themselves.

Josh,
One has to remember that bloggers, like most people are biased. Bloggers just tend to be more transparent about it. Is it a legitimate question to point out a specific tool as a waste of time? Maybe. I think though it warrants exploring how much of our overall behavior on the Web is also a “waste of time”, which is the point I’m bringing up here. So yes, it’s a valid perspective, but I think the bigger insight lies less in how people use Twitter and more in how we use the Web.

I’m with you in that the market says what the market wants. The only question is whether or not the media (in this case, meaning bloggers) misrepresents how popular certain trends are.

Take twitter. There is no doubt that the marketers, meta-bloggers, and 2.0 trend spotters were the first onto that ship. But did “regular users” follow?

I think it’s legitimate to question whether marketers are twittering themselves in circles (that sounds a lot more obscene than I anticipated).

Of course, maybe that audience is big enough to support the whole platform.

I find the “who cares about debating the value of Web 2.0 services” hilarious, since 90% of the internet seems to be made up of people doing just that. In fact, isn’t that one of the things you do?