I was involved in this meme from the beginning and in real time, and it was interesting to see how quickly it “played-out,” but also to see how it was acknowledged even while it was happeningthat it would be over in a few minutes.

This is the pro (and possibly the con) of Twitter – it happens FAST and in real time. In contrast to many memes that have gone around on blogs and lasted over a span of days or more, this one lasted mere minutes, and that is the nature of the “conversational” quality of Twitter.

There have been many discussions of late about Twitter and, as an avid user, I am finding them interesting. One post is on podcastingnews.com and is called, “Why Twitter Matters. Hint: It’s not because it’s popular from December 11. That post refers you to the recent on-going discussions about Twitter:
http://www.techmeme.com/071211/p68#a071211p68

The jist of podcastingnews’ post is that the “conversation” has moved to Twitter, and is mostly being done by those responsible for “most” of the content being published on the web. In other words, a few high-impact people (in the web world) tweet a lot.

So, to anonymous who calls it “clique-ey” (which is sorta true actually), and others who say Twitter is a waste of time, silly, trivial etc., I say, for you, it may be, but if you build yourself a valuable network of people in your Twitterverse, as I have, then it isn’t.

Just like anything, not everyone will find it useful, valuable, enjoyable. If it makes your life better, great. If not, don’t tweet. it’s fine. Not all “2.0″ technologies are or should be adopted by all.

Twitter “works” for me and I find it to be both valuable and enjoyable. Hence the response I gave which was that Twitter is like an inside joke b/c really, if you don’t “get it” it is really hard to explain!