I wish @twitter would implement something like @Pierre did @ onet Please make it HURT SO GOOD to post @JohnMellencamp:D
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Before twitter was promoted to mainstream media, it was a comparatively tightly knit community (focused on marketing, advertising, ... -- essentially: commercial twitter ;)
There were 2 things that led to the loss of community: 1. fixation on real-time, which was primarily due to news industry bankruptcies; and 2. Celebrity appeal, primarily due to the "gossip" aspect of twitter.
I think Dave Winer and I agree that 1000's of twitters will "blossom" I think that quote of his came a couple days after I posted that opinion on Kara Swisher's blog, but TBH I think he and I agree on a lot of things, so it's not surprising. I think the part that he doesn't "get", though, is that each of these twitters will be topically focused (and indeed the code supporting it may be a little different). The crux of community is so-called "natural" language, not software... -- see also: The Wisdom of the Language
:) nmw