Before I jump into the semantics of why someone would tweet, let’s set up some ground rules.

Twitter is a microblogging Web site, or a site that allows people to post bite sized pieces of text when compared to a normal blog.

Twitter only has two formal rules: (1) You tweet (not Twitter) messages that must be 140 characters or less; (2) You need a Twitter name to post.

The founders of Twitter, Jack Dorsey, Evan Williams, and Biz Stone, wanted to create a really simple status updating system that could be updated through text messages. Beyond that, the service is generally left open for user interpretation.  The site has gone from updating friends about a delicious hoagie, to reporting on current events instantaneously (Michael Jackson’s death), allowing civil rights protestors the ability to communicate quickly and safely (Iranian elections), making a game out of going places (foursquare) and whatever else users can come up with.

So the question still remains, “Why would you tweet?”

Before I jump into the semantics of why someone would Tweet, let’s set up some ground rules.

Twitter is a microblogging Web site, or a site that allows people to post bite sized pieces of text when compared to a normal blog.

Twitter only has two formal rules:

—You Tweet (not Twitter) messages that must be 140 characters or less

“Geek: A peculiar or otherwise odd person, especially one who is perceived to be overly obsessed with one or more things including those of intellectuality, electronics, etc.”
—Wikipedia

What’s the deal with geeks being so socially accepted today?

You always see the American stereotype — the guy with the horn-rimmed, broken glasses who is addicted to comic books, has an unhealthy obsession with space, overcomes a bully and goes on to work for NASA.

Where is that adversity now?

I fear we’ll never live in a time where geeks are persecuted to that extent.