"The belief that Twitter is more than just another communications platform continues to spread, kind of like swine flu for media geeks. And like the flu, it’s plunging victims into feverish hallucinations: “Twitter saved the Iranian protestors!” they cry, neglecting the fact that it, uh, didn’t. “Twitter made the Kogi Korean BBQ Taco Truck a sensation!” Yay, a fast-food truck makes money. “Twitter kept us updated about Balloon Boy in real time!”" - Itachi from Bookmarklet

This post is pretty inane, half-baked and not very considered. It's entertaining, but of little other value. - dkb

I'd consider it the exact opposite, dkb. - Itachi

Fair enough, we'll have to agree to disagree. Obviously the individual points within the piece - eg. auto-follow is bad - I have no problem with, but to throw out Twitter entirely is both, frankly, misguided and intentionally dramatic to get click-throughs. As I said: entertaining, but of little professional value. - dkb

Twitter is platform with terrible security, terrible uptime, overhyped beyond belief by bloggers and "social media experts". Completely stupid in my opinion. - Itachi

An opinion which makes sense, considering you posted the piece. As I said, we'll agree to disagree. - dkb

haha great photo selection!!!! #illustration #journalism - See-ming Lee 李思明 SML

Maxamad: what is the basis for those claims? what is the overall yearly uptime for twitter website or api, and how does this truly compare to other messaging platforms? what is wrong with its security? there is an HTTPS login https://twitter.com/ and OAuth is pretty reliable if implemented properly - Mike Chelen