This post is in response to the questions asked by Mr. Tweet on his blog:
I have been using twitter for almost 2 years now and was expecting some popularity but not of this level. My opinion about Aston Kutcher Vs CNN, I do not like what is going on. It is just a publicity stunt and a rat race. Many people joining it and abandoning it after two days. Real value of twitter can be added by community, when you have similarly minded people interacting. Not by trying to decide what gift to buy for someone else. What purpose does a million followers mean? Just an ego boost.
Second, why a reputed organization like CNN has to get involved in this. It is like comparing apples and oranges. Aston takes opinion from people while CNN is just broadcasting medium. And since there is no revenue model, they should not care how many people follow them.
Third, definitely there is too much noise but it does not affect me. I follow right people and few people follow me. I use some news sources, utilities like tweetscoop, filters and my purpose of using twitter is served. I can shut anyone down when I want by unfollwing or blocking them.
Fourth, yes quality information is reduced but that depends on how we use it. Having a set of people you like and following them in appropriate. Twitter is such a generic tool that it can be molded in any use we want.
Fifth, it was not Aston who made it mainstream media. When pornographers started joining twitter, it had become mass media.
