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# In Defense of Twitter
- URL: https://chrisenns.com/2009/04/in-defense-of-twitter/
- Published: 2009-04-23T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2024-04-08T23:51:48.000Z
- Author: Chris Enns
- Tags: Uncategorized, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-04-08 17:47, #ichris

I don't think this is an attempt by [Jason Kottke](https://www.kottke.org/09/04/in-defense-of-twitter?ref=chrisenns.com) to convince you to use/like Twitter (or whatever **it** is at the moment), but just to try and show you why people might enjoy using it:

> Ever since the web hit the mainstream sometime in the 90s, people have asked of each new conversational publishing technology -- newsgroups, message boards, online journals, weblogs, social networking sites, and now Twitter -- the same question: "but why would anyone want to hear about what some random person is eating for breakfast?" The answer applies equally well for both offline conversation and online "social media": almost no one...except for their family and friends.

[Read the rest of the article here.](https://www.kottke.org/09/04/in-defense-of-twitter?ref=chrisenns.com)