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So, my father-in-law is now on Twitter. That’s really the start of a million cheap jokes, but in this case it’s actually rather appropriate. Twitter is all about expressing opinions without having the space to fully articulate them, and as such you have the freedom to fire off little nuggets and not feel compelled to turn it into a full-length post/email/etc. For all that half the world makes fun of Twitter, you have to admire how well it’s done. That said, I really don’t understand a lot of twitter-culture.

P.S. I am certain that you could get a Sociology/something doctorate simply by monitoring and cleverly analyzing Twitter’s trending topics. Maybe bin them by genre/category, probable age group/demographic, etc then look at growth/decline rates, etc. I know that papers have been written using topics to model desease/contagion, but if you can figure out how to monetize the trends then you could retire at 30 35 40.

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