Is Twitter doomed now that it’s gone mainstream?
– As Ashton Kutcher becomes the first to collect 1 million followers on Twitter and Oprah Winfrey sends out her first tweet, tech observers are debating: Does Friday mark a new peak for the microblogging service? Or the beginning of its demise?
Personally, I don’t think Twitter is doomed although I do think it’s evolving.
Last week in the rural area I’m from, our mayor was on television talking about Twitter in a small segment on the local news affiliate. I thought it was doomed then. (I tease.)
I don’t really follow celebrities on Twitter. I follow other writers, friends, people around the blogosphere and folks I find interesting. I know people that love following famous people and interact with them. It’s not really my thing but there is a sense, for some I guess, of breaking down that wall between the famous and their fans.
When it comes down to it, as I always say, do what you want to do. The only issue that I’m watching somewhat hesitantly is Twitter becoming more noisy than it already is, but I guess that’s part of the world of technology.
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