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Listed below are comments made by pilchardboy between Friday, 6th March 2009 and Friday, 6th March 2009.

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BBC News, Twitter and suits 4:18pm on 06 Mar 2009 Guys,

It's *really* nuts to complain that Twitter is just full of "mindless drivel".

Twitter is a medium, not content.

Content is provided by human beings, not the medium itself.

Hence, if you're reading drivel it's because you're talking to the wrong people. If you were at a party listening to a bunch of people stood around together and the conversation was rubbish, you'd drift away quietly and find some more interesting people to talk to.

This is like complaining that it's the fault of "the telephone" that people ring you up and try and sell you double-glazing. Or putting your foot through the TV because you're watching a rubbish programme on a crappy channel.

Twitter is an extremely powerful tool that enables conversations between lots of people simultaneously. That's all. If you're finding it tedious, follow some different tweeple.

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