David Carr of the New York Times submits Why Twitter Will Endure.
On Twitter, anyone may follow anyone, but there is very little expectation of reciprocity. By carefully curating the people you follow, Twitter becomes an always-on data stream from really bright people in their respective fields, whose tweets are often full of links to incredibly vital, timely information.
There is no small number of folks out there – and alarmingly, more than a few journalists – who continue to eschew Twitter, based on misconceptions and simple lack of familiarity. That’s a little crazy at this point. A year from now, or two years from now, Twitter won’t necessarily be a hot buzzword or even an important brand. These things are hard to foretell. But the method of Twitter, well that’s a permanent fixture of the online world going forward. For certain.
