Christopher England said:

The issue with Twitter that dumbfounds me is that it is just a poor relation to Jaiku.
 
It's certainly not waning over here though. It's doing a Bebo. ('Doing a Bebo' refers to the USA based MySpace/Facebook lookie-likey called Bebo which has limited interest amongst the American yoof, yet huge interest throughout Europe – I've no idea why though 'cos Bebo's as crap as MySpace imho.)

Twitter (or Jaiku) is not a rival to MySpace or Facebook, more a supplement – or 'application' (to use that overused word) with a specific purpose which is different to MySpace and Facebook. (Interestingly, European Facebook usage is waning slightly too.) Indeed, both Twitter and Jaiku have 'applications' that nicely integrate their functions into Facebook to enhance your Facebook experience. (Not that I personally like Facebook, no matter how many 'applications' are used to try to make it sexier! I hate it, but am forced to use it 'cos everybody's using it.)
 
Anyway, don't write Twitter off, it'll change and migrate as any other Web 2.0 application does, but the basics of it will continue for a very long time yet. Short bites of 'presence' information or quick-fire comments are the new way. Long meandering posts like this one are soooooo yesterday!
 
 
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I use MySpace and Facebook in different ways, MySpace is very much networking and contacts in the music industry most though are Stateside based, Facebook I keep more personal but again more US friends, I do use both though political wise with work on the US nomination race, BeBo I now use very little.

Twitter I introduced to several London political friends who do full time "Blogs" they got into it for a few weeks and soon got bored and they are real gadget people, I have found quite a few people in the USA sign up to up to 23,000 plus on Twitter, why? it is not for the content I'm sure. I will stand by my statement Twitter will fade in the USA and never really take off big in the UK, I can't see it doing much in 12 months time the next Fad will come along.

Hope you are watching the changes starting to happen at City Talk, I don't listen any longer (Sorry Richard mate)

John