Comments on: Twitter And Politics Don’t Mix http://1.21jiggawatts.net/blog/2009/08/twitter-and-politics-dont-mix/ Just another Australian geek's perspective Wed, 01 Sep 2010 11:04:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Jack Scott http://1.21jiggawatts.net/blog/2009/08/twitter-and-politics-dont-mix/comment-page-1/#comment-361 Jack Scott Tue, 11 Aug 2009 02:03:48 +0000 http://arctanx.id.au/blog/?p=57#comment-361 You forget one thing. Just because something should happen, doesn't mean it ever will. People will keep using Twitter to spread the political messages precisely because it doesn't require any effort or thinking. Jay Leno once said, "Here in America, we want everybody to know about the good things we do anonymously." I think the same can be said of serial Twitter users. They don't care about the Iran election itself, simply that people see them caring. Add to this the fact that pretty much nobody has a life interesting enough to make watching their Twitter worthwhile, and Twitter seems like the most amazing invention that shouldn't exist. You forget one thing. Just because something should happen, doesn't mean it ever will. People will keep using Twitter to spread the political messages precisely because it doesn't require any effort or thinking.

Jay Leno once said, "Here in America, we want everybody to know about the good things we do anonymously." I think the same can be said of serial Twitter users. They don't care about the Iran election itself, simply that people see them caring.

Add to this the fact that pretty much nobody has a life interesting enough to make watching their Twitter worthwhile, and Twitter seems like the most amazing invention that shouldn't exist.

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