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Chris Mooney is a 2009-2010 Knight Science Journalism Fellow at MIT, host of the Point of Inquiry podcast, and the author of three books, The Republican War on Science, Storm World, and Unscientific America. For more information see his bio and events.
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May 4th, 2009 at 8:02 pm
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!
May 4th, 2009 at 9:03 pm
Did Twitter malign your family’s honor?
May 4th, 2009 at 9:12 pm
Ha, no. This xkcd comic arrived in my inbox today from reader ‘Ed’ who’s eager to join the rebellion against Twitter
May 4th, 2009 at 9:37 pm
On one hand you have someone doing something with a pig, on the other you have someone potentially running for Georgia governor who did a mule.
May 4th, 2009 at 9:38 pm
Back off of the coffee; you seem to be getting psychotic over Twitter – it’s nothing, really. I love the comic though – sad thing is you do see that sort of thing – anywhere really, not just on Twitter.
May 4th, 2009 at 9:43 pm
The comic is hysterical, but also brings up a real interesting problem with Twitter I hadn’t considered before. By announcing short instant thought, people are able to spread panic and misinformation faster than ever before. Scary.
I’m convinced. I’m converted. Count me in the resistance!
May 4th, 2009 at 11:15 pm
Carlie: Because that’s never happened a regular blog where you can write >140 characters?
May 5th, 2009 at 1:03 am
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May 5th, 2009 at 1:25 am
@ Jon,
I would guess that thoughts on twitter spread faster and more carelessly than on many blogs… or at least thoughtful blogs worth reading.
May 5th, 2009 at 1:29 am
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May 5th, 2009 at 4:23 am
@ Carlie:
Not to pick on you personally, but that captures why I find a lot of the anti-Twitter sentiment so…silly, to be non-offensive. “thoughtful blogs worth reading” is way too strong a qualifier. Many, many blogs aren’t thoughtful or worth reading. Just like there are a lot of bad books out there. And sure, I imagine the same is true of most Twitter feeds. But just there are some books or blogs worth reading, it’s hard to believe that every Twitter feed is useless.