I don't get the point of Facebook. Never have, never will. That can get as much bad press as possible, for all I care. But Twitter is different, and I've never agreed with the bad press that it gets.
It's a fantastic tool with communicating news, arguably the best out there. I very, very rarely read newspapers or watch the news any more. I have no need to. I'll have already got the news from Twitter long before. The speed at which you can come across a piece of news on Twitter is wonderful. It's how I first learnt about Michael Jackson's death, it's how I first learnt about Fabio Capello's resignation, it's how I first learnt that the American Pie movie was being made. Small stories to big stories. Light hearted stories to life changing stories.
Unfortunately there are a small minority of Z list celebrities who do use it to tell the world what they had to eat this morning, but this is hugely over-exaggerated - so much so, that many non-twitter users believe that this is what twiiter is. But it's very easy to avoid those Z list celebrities - just don't follow them! Likewise, as Twitter has evolved, there has also unfortunately become more people how use it for bad than good. They become keyboard warriors, spouting abuse at every turn. But again, so long as you're careful with who you follow, those people can be easily ignored (I only came across this supposed youth player of ours, Lea or whatever his name is, because of people discussing him on here. I'd been oblivious to him before hand, through twitter itself!!). Moreover, are most of those people really that much different from some of people we stand and sit with on a Saturday afternoon. I've come across some right vile people either at St Marys, or in the pub before hand.
Like I say, Twitter is a fantastic news outlet. It has quite literally changed my life. Facebook, go away. What are you for? What do you bring to my life? Twitter, thank you. Good news, bad news, all news. You provide me with it. First.