More discussion on twitter in response to that last post:
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Andy, to me:
I guess it depends on your definition of “ghost writer”. I tend to think of them as “literate”. But I suppose if you don’t employ that definition, than yes, Pierce might have one as well.
me, to Andy:
I hope you aren’t saying this is literate then:

http://twitter.com/THE_REAL_SHAQ
Andy, to me:
Jesus. It must be his fucking cousin, or infant child or something.
me, to Andy:
I actually didn’t mind twitter at first, I didn’t understand it (it’s basically away messages, same as facebook, AIM, gchat, right?) but without the additional usefulness of those applications. Am I missing something? But after seeing it become “mainstream” as in everyone freaking out and talking about it, I kind of hate it, because its in my face all the time. And now famous people use it, and are either idiots themselves revealed on it, or idiots for having other idiots write for them. Brutal.
Andy, to me:
That’s what I’m saying. It has clearly jumped the shark several times over. Fact: if Britney Spears thinks something is cool, it’s bad for society and an insult to the intelligence of mankind. Britney Spears thinks twitter is cool. Or at least her publicist does, which I think is just as bad.

But generally, what is the point? To see what other people are doing all the time (who cares?) To tell people what you’re doing all the time (who cares?) Can you put up a “tweet” that just reads, “reading tweets”, or will the whole system explode?

Theoretically, isn’t that what everyone’s doing when they’re on twitter, so realistically everyone’s message should read the same thing, making twitter no longer relevant? If everyone has a truthful away message that reads, “reading away messages,” then nobody’s communicating and the system becomes obsolete. This is all very philosophical, but I think it applies here.