Response to class discussion- What is point of Twitter, and why do people feel need to "Tweet?"

We discussed in class today the effect Twitter had on the Iranian election, and how the Iranians had no way of exactly verifying who was actually "tweeting." This is the main problem with the internet as a whole, that there is no way (yet) of verifying who is writing what and who you are dealing with on the other end of the computer. Eventually, I feel there has to be a way of verifying everyone online and in the virtual world, as this invention would be a huge positive for the progression of the internet.

Maybe this is just me, but I do not see the sense or point really in "tweeting," or more precisely, the point in "regular," or "ordinary/non celebrities" "tweeting." From my point of view, Twitter does not add anything of importance or value to the online world, as it is just an update or train of thought in a certain number of words, to a certain number of followers/people. My argument would be, first off, who cares about what people are doing every minute of their lives, and second, people are reporting to at most around 10 of their friends who are following their Twitter, who can just find out what you think/are doing by just asking you either in person or by text message. I just think that a lot of people feel the need or pressure to join Twitter, but the truth of it is, in my opinion at least, no one really cares enough about reading all their friends' "tweets." It's one thing if you are following a celebrity (or at least you hope it's actually the celebrity) that you love (and even that I don't understand because I don't care what they're doing every minute of the day), but it is absolutely another thing to just "follow" your good friends when there are easier ways of communicating that don't involve sharing information over the internet. And then there's the reason because Twitter allows people to be in contact with celebrities; this shouldn't be of offense to anyone, but if your own friends don't care to read your "tweets," can you imagine what your favorite celebrity feels about reading thousands of fans' "tweets?" It's just completely unrealistic.