The demise of Twitter has been in conversations for about as long as it has existed. It has spawned several clones and a few incarnations which have improved functionality and flawless up-time. All these points have been mentioned by previous authors in the hopes to take down the behemoth service. Even with recent discussions of the impending necessity of monetization of the service, the detractors (including myself) have forgotten one thing about the service.

People love the thing.

After spending a considerable amount of time trying to understand the appeal of the service, and discovering an infatuation with Friendfeed in the process, it was quite a smack in the face to finally “get it”. Twitter is just not my cup of tea and no amount of bashing is really worth it because people still use it in droves. No matter how much you collectively hate and ridicule it, its not going anywhere yet. Even with tools that work better for the types of conversations enabled by Twitter practically growing on trees, it still holds its user base due to its ease of use. It also does not hurt that although just like everything that has been released in the past few years it has a stupid name, but it has an easy to spell and remember stupid name.

You could compare the use of Twitter to the patronage of Taco Bell. Its not the best taco you had in your life, but everyone and their mom goes there. Some of the other services like Rejaw are more like Qdoba where you get more options and hang out in the establishment a bit longer to enjoy the meal with other people if you choose. Its a little more difficult to drop by Qdoba on the way to work, wolf it down and go without having to get out the car and interrupt your normal flow.  Friendfeed and others are more time consuming, closer to a serious restaurant which facilitates heavy dining.

Twitter use is preferred in moderation, excessive users get blocked and unfollowed, previous acquaintances thinking those users are full of garbage. People who eat tons of Taco Bell are literally full of garbage food, and probably need to change their diet.  While we cannot force other users to stop fueling a service that needs work, we might be able to at least have them chew on something a little less bad for them every now and again.  Might keep them from having diarrhea of the feed.

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