Privacy vs. Networking… the showdown (Part 2)
Monday, April 26th, 2010Privacy vs. Networking : The Showdown (Part 2)
Now, where did I leave off… oh yes, how important is social networking to you?
I came across an interesting comment on one of the forums I frequent (mbclub), when presented with the thread topic “do you use twitter?” a comment was made on the lines of “I’m not a twit, why would I use twitter?”. While reasonably humorous, the comment does raise a very a very valid point, why do 75 million people have a twitter account (as of 2009!)? Well, the true purpose of twitter (which in case you haven’t seen or heard of it before, it’s essentially a micro-blog, with posts limited to 140 characters) is hard to explain concisely… but it’s there, it’s popular, and surprisingly, it’s incredibly useful. (more…)






