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Why Twitter is obsolete. The microblogging service Twitter debuted five years ago, and by all accounts it's one of the great success stories of the social media era.

Why Twitter is obsolete

Twitter boasts 200 million users and 350 billion tweets per day, and it's a ubiquitous reference on mainstream TV. Visit Twitter today, and it's a hive of frenetic activity. Millions of people rely on the service for news, commentary, blog updates and social interaction. Why Chomsky is wrong about Twitter - Social Media. Noam Chomsky has been one of the most important critics of the way big media crowd out “everyday” voices in order to control knowledge and “manufacture consent.”

Why Chomsky is wrong about Twitter - Social Media

So it is surprising that the MIT linguist dismisses much of our new digital communications produced from the bottom-up as “superficial, shallow, evanescent.” We have heard this critique of texting and tweeting from many others, such as Andrew Keen and Nicholas Carr. And these claims are important because they put Twitter and texting in a hierarchy of thought. Among other things, Chomsky and Co. are making assertions that one way of communicating, thinking and knowing is better than another. Free Twitter Logo (Vector and Raster) CHART OF THE DAY: How Many Users Does Twitter REALLY Have?