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Category: Technology Author : Steven Hodson Posted: May 23, 2009
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Twitter silliness hits the conference circuit


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Did you know that in the next little while that there is going to be six major (?) conferences being held all on the single subject of Twitter?

Wow, pretty impressive eh. Just for those who might not know about them let me breakdown the list for you:

I have one simple question to ask – Why?

I mean seriously folks at what point does all this nonsense surrounding Twitter just get to be a little too much. This is a brain dead simple web app (even if Oprah screwed it up) that is becoming potentially less useful as time goes by. If it’s not being swamped by spammers it’s being taken over by marketers. Not to mention the fact that its one big drawing card, real-time search, sucks lemons.

How much can be said about Twitter that we really need to have all these conferences?

After all it’s not like the speakers at all these conferences are going to be limiting themselves to 140 characters in their speeches. The unfortunate part of this is that this is probably only the start of conferences dollars to be wrung out of Twitter.











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4 Archived Responses to “ Twitter silliness hits the conference circuit ”

  1. Kevin Whalen
    May 23, 2009

    Kind of ironic. All the marketers flooding twitter with spam giving bogus conferences on twitter to make some bank.

  2. Fred Alan
    May 23, 2009

    Gee Steven, ever stop to think that out of these conferences there could be brainstorming ideas to help nurture Twitter to better usages? Its apparent you have nothing but ill for Twitter. So long Mr. Arcane.

  3. StevenHodson
    May 23, 2009

    I can understand the possiblity of one or two conferences dedicated solely to Twitter but 6 c'mon. As for having nothing but ill for Twitter give me a break. I use it daily and write about it good and bad – that's my job .. being a fanboy isn't.

  4. Edwin
    May 25, 2009

    Wow. Very divisive posting . I understand that's in your job description, so good work! BTW – I'm being ironic (although you may not know what that means). Sell this crappy ad space with crap writing and you'll go to your grave having achieved much. If you're going to be divisive – work harder man. This is puff. Twitter is shite. Lay into it Nancy Boy. Earn those adwords.