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by _pius 5910 days ago
Key point IMO:

The Gotham Gal looked at me and said "why are you checking twitter and not email?" ... I told her that email required a reply and twitter did not.
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davidedicillo 5910 days ago
The major success factor is that social networks are by default one to many, while email is one to one. Think if you had to email all your friends to tell them you are in town...
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FluidDjango 5910 days ago
If only email were one-to-one. Unfortunately I have to keep on lots of blast-email lists... where I'm expected to filter through what impacts my responsibilities.

And sometimes I dare not ask to be removed from some senders' lists for political reasons.

Time-sucking. Soul-sucking. grrrr...

EDIT: forgot to mention that sorting through the krap via Twit, FB, etc, would not be much more fun.

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