Twitter as High School

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Twitter as High School

November 2, 2009

Is it possible that Twitter is nothing more than high school all over again? A piece by Sarah Lyall in yesterday's New York Times suggests as much.

Ms. Lyall writes "It was also an example of how Twitter reinforces the tendency of adults to behave like high school students, passing rude notes, spreading exaggerated rumors and obsessing endlessly — and pointlessly — about who said what mean thing about whom."

Read the details here (http://bit.ly/4EX8Oq) and laugh.

November 02, 2009 | Permalink

Technorati Tags: Kelliher Samets Volk, KSV, Sarah Lyall, The New York Times, Twitter

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