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Feb 27, 2009, 11:15AM

Twitter jumps shark (finally)

When will the business-that-is-not finally realize it's not useful in the real world?

My guess is this guy doesn't have a lot of followers:

But this week in Washington D.C., Twitter jumped the shark when to great fanfare members of the mainstream media elite announced they had been baptized and would from now on be holding forth from Twitterdom, and then members of Congress Twittered President Obama’s speech. This from Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX): “Aggie basketball game is about to start on espn2 for those of you that aren't going to bother watching pelosi smirk for the next hour.” Now, I’m totally down with Ana Marie Cox, the original Wonkette, being the reigning journalism media queen of Twitter. She’s young and hip and all things new media. But, Joe Barton is, well, not. If Joe Barton is Twittering, I’m thinking maybe Ana Marie may be on the next idea. And if members of Congress are Twittering, we can be fairly certain it won’t be hip much longer.

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  • This was a really interesting article from a smart guy. McKinnon, of course, worked on the advertising side of both of Bush's campaigns, but said early in '08 that if Obama was the Democratic candidate he wouldn't work for a Republican. He's also a Boomer and instinctively rejects, then embraces, and then rejects again new forms of communication. But I'll bet he has a Kindle.

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