Why Do You People Keep Insisting Twitter is "Perfect"?
Malcolm Gladwell apparently decided to stuff and mount his strawman Twitter arguments again: "He said he has it on his BlackBerry and made a 'chh-chh' technology sound effect while miming with his thumbs as if he was pressing buttons on a small device. He likes to read things his friends tweet. 'Like I said, these are awesome tools,' he added, fidgeting with the top on a water bottle resting next to his chair. 'I just don’t know why it has to be perfect—right?—or why anyone would claim that it’s good at absolutely everything. Isn’t it enough that it’s an extraordinary means of sharing ideas and bringing people together?'
No, Malcs, it's not enough for us! Everyone who disagrees with you about your bizarre malformed Twitter thoughts is, indeed, insisting that Twitter is "perfect" and "good at absolutely everything." I was standing out on the curb all night with a big placard that said just that, and my gosh, I am so sleepy!
The only one allowed to be perfect and good at absolutely everything is meeeeeeeeeee!
Awwww… I haven't checked up on John Allison in years! I have my work cut out for me today.
Bad Machinery is GREAT.
When my friends who think that Twitter is perfect (who are getting together with my friends who think that Facebook is perfect later tonight) hear about this they are going to be chagrined.
Brent, it's too early for saythatscool to be on the job but I think you know what he'd say if he was here.
When they perfect holographic virtual wetware there will be a Gladwell somewhere bemoaning the loss of traditional Twitter media.
Maybe if Gladwell's Twitter made him breakfast in the morning, like mine, he wouldn't complain as much.
Maybe he just hasn't been attentive enough to his Twitter? I couldn't blame Malcolm Gladwell's Twitter for considering its options.
Gladwell's Twitter is sneaking out at night to hang out with Michael Lewis.
Maybe if Gladwell's Twitter practiced 10,000 hours it would be perfect.
Tiger Mother is ashamed of Twitter.
Gladwell's twitter wears red nail polish, the slut.
Gladwell's twitter has had a sex-preventing headache for the past year.
Gladwell just gives, and gives, and gives, but his Twitter only seems to pay attention when he goes over his character limit.
Gladwell's Twitter seems so smart? But he's also scared about his Twitter.
I will agree with anyone who hangs out with Brian Grazer.
Hasn't Gladwell already penned an essay, or a series of essays, in which he outlines the curve presaging his obsolescence, and so we don't have to worry any longer what he thinks?
Oh right! The one called "The Newer Yorker," and its sequel, "Everything You Think You Know About Slate Is Wrong."
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i have to say those comments are hilarious
Accept the limitations on the tools in my life? I'd like to see you make me!
So close to #10,000!
Awl commenters are almost perfect!
A brief counterpoint: arguing with a technology evangelist can sometimes make you go mad, hallucinate, break from reality. They may not say "Twitter is perfect" but they do say things like "Twitter saved Egypt."
Why do people keep insisting Malcolm Gladwell is worth reading? At this point, I feel like the only reason I pay attention to anything he says is so I'm not left out of the "water cooler" and "cocktail" conversation. Fuck that, I'm done. You've lost me, Gladwell and Gladwellites.
I'll be at the bar. How about we just talk about how dope this weather is instead of pretending to be all smart and shit.