It doesn't seem like so bad of an idea. A tad bit idealistic, and ignores the fact that we divide up and layer our society on purpose. We shell ourselves up with people who we see as similar to ourselves, and shut out the rest. Perhaps if there is a way they could apply some method of connecting "random" people based on a whole series of information such as interests/personality.
According to Mizuko Ito and Howard Rheingold's research, we typically don't telecocoon with more than four or five people. Why would you want to telecocoon with strangers? It makes no sense to me.
same reason you blog, or write comments on news.yc = self expression
this could be funny things you've just seen
your state of mind
an announcement
a statement of emotion
also twitter allows you to have public or private interactions - so your outside twitter may be something different to strangers compared to close friends. Twitter is an extension of our human desire to express ourselves through communication. Its very interesting because of that.
Don't feel like reading that. Here is the headline from twitter's website:
"A global community of friends and strangers answering one simple question: What are you doing?"
Okay. This sounds like a bad parody of the worst aspects of Web 2.0. I mean: I'm not sure how such silliness can be "TOO good". Is it good at all? Walk around any college campus and you are likely to hear the following half-conversation coming from somebody talking to his cellphone:
