“Twitter is defying the traditional model," according to Andrew Lipsman, director of industry analysis at comScore.
Defying it in the fact that it has created a social community all interacting with 140 characters or less. Twitter is a microblog, but in no way is tailored to the tween generation. Where Facebook user ages, I've noticed on my own account, vary incredibly from tweens to senior citizens, Twitter maintains it's audience of mid-20's to middle-aged people from all walks of life and has also become a great way to promote businesses or products, much like Facebook.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/25/tweet-social-media-merriam-webster-dictionary_n_937180.htmlTo many, this is strange. Twitter essentially is texting. It's just...your texts are on the internet for all your followers to see. This form of "new new media" is changing the web one "tweet" at a time according to several experts and is even making its way into the "real" world....
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/25/tweet-social-media-merriam-webster-dictionary_n_937180.htmlNew new media is defined as an internet site or community that anyone can contribute to...it's oldest form being blogging. With a consumer need for speed on the internet becoming the most important factor to many internet junkies (like myself), the fast pace and ease at which users can post on Twitter makes the site one of the most powerful forces on the internet in my opinion. Instantly, links, news headlines, photos, personal updates and conversations can be shared via computer or phone and even through other websites (linking accounts like Twitter and Facebook together has also become a trend).
With 175+ million users and its own place in the good ol' Miriam Webster's big book of words, it's hard to just call tweets "pointless."
http://www.zephoria.org/thoughts/archives/2009/08/16/twitter_pointle.html 