“What are you doing?”

That question is the rocket fuel for Twitter — a hot social-network service that lets you tell society what you are up to at any given moment of the day — via cell phone, instant messenger, or the Web. Never heard of it, you say?

“What are you doing?” is the question Twitter asks “Twitterers” to reply in a simple text notice as they connect with friends, co-workers or the wider world. Twitterers “tweet” about everything

from what they had for lunch to how much they enjoyed their latest Netflix DVD. whether that sounds foolish and incredibly narrow at first, don’t concern, you’re not alone.

“When humans take in about Twitter, their instant reaction is that it’s the simplest and stupidest view in the world,” says co-founder Biz Stone.

“They do not want to know that their brother is eating a hot dog right now,” he says. “But […]

Orginal post by Top Tech News