Study finds most Twitter to be "pointless babble"


	Study finds most Twitter to be "pointless babble"

wiccantexan

8-20-2009 10:16 PM

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8-21-2009 12:14 AM

JohnWaterman

http://clipmarks.com/clipmark/BFC9CB82-BBE6-46BE-9D99-9BE14DA8A60F/

8-24-2009 2:53 PM

David Hughes

Thanks for the link, John! As Stephen says: Twitter is just Twitter!

8-24-2009 2:54 PM

David Hughes

In my opinion it's also just for "twits"!

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