I’ve been on Twitter since its inception, and it’s just…Twitter. It’s actually pretty useful when you use it like a human being! So that “report” – bleh. It’s right along the lines of that one sponsored by some Baptist church claiming that most couples who cohabitate before marriage end up splitting up (a nonbiased study revealed there chances were 50/50, the same as that of traditional couples.)

Besides, since Twitter is a hot topic, being “against” it gives these folks something to say to get attention.

Have you seen that #fatpeoplearesexier is a trending topic today? That kind of surprised me…

It really isn’t just people blindly posting the minutiae of their days to the web. Sure, we do that, but most of my tweets are replies. No matter what I’m doing, no matter how unique it may seem, it’s likely that one of my followers has gone through the same situation. Despite having a private feed, I’ve got mutual followers from many different countries and many different walks of life on my feed. Students, K-12 teachers, professors, authors, doctors, artists, graphic designers, producers, chemists, computer security pros, hackers, mathematicians, marketers, comedians. Name a profession, and one of my followers lives it everyday.

It isn’t necessarily that we’re sharing our deepest thoughts. It’s that even if you’re alone at the bus stop, you can pull out your phone and find someone to pass the time with. You have the opportunity to share seemingly insignificant bits of your life with someone vastly different from yourself. And, when you have enough of those little moments, they really start to build up.