[philwelch]

The way people communicate online now (facebook, twitter) is wholly different than 10 years ago, and will be wholly different 10 years from now.

Different, yes. Better? Ten years ago, the conversations I had on mailing lists had a lot more potential than you can fit in 140 characters. The trend isn't very promising.

[dagw]

I was about to say the same thing. The step from usenet and mailing lists to facebook and twitter has been a huge step backwards in terms of quality discussion and meaningful communication.

[andreyf]

The two aren't mutually exclusive. I think many people will want to both tweet and having deep conversations online.