Twitter: Far more than “what I had for lunch today”

Via ARS Technica By David Chartier | Published: September 03, 2008 – 06:13AM CT

Twitter: it’s an extremely simple and social microblogging tool where users can post 140 characters at a time about what’s going on or in reply to someone else. While that might not sound ridiculous on its face, the service is sometimes written off as nothing more than a silly hobby or fad—narcissism masquerading as a “what I had for lunch today” diary.

But people also use Twitter for much more interesting things, and we’d like to be your tour guide through the less-explored portions of the Twittersphere (yep, another “sphere” for you to be aware of). Welcome to Twitter’s more interesting, more useful, and more innovative side.

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