Understanding Twitter
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To those misinformed, confused or, merely, just curious, here is an excerpt from McSweeney's comprehensive guide to "Understanding Twitter," this first sentence perfectly answering the infamous "what is twitter" question in elegant, beautiful simplicity:
Twitter seems to be, first and foremost, an online haven where teenagers making drugs can telegraph secret code words to arrange gang fights and orgies.
As you can tell, this is well worth the read, but here's the rest of the paragraph so you can stay on my website a little longer:
It also functions as a vehicle for teasing peers until they commit suicide. In order to become a "follower" ...