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[Roger Clarke]

At 18:42 +1100 27/2/09, Stilgherrian wrote:
>On 27/02/2009, at 4:52 PM, stephen at melbpc.org.au quotes some Asher
>Moses:
>>  In a sign of our times, a video version of Twitter that allows
>>  anyone to
>>  share moments of their lives in short, 12 second video clips is
>>  gaining
>>  traction among the geek crowd.
>
>Anyone whose "analysis" uses the words "gaining traction" deserves to
>be kicked. If they use it in the first paragraph, like here, they
>deserve to be kicked and spat upon. Just sayin'.

That said, Asher's one of the better mainstream-media reporters 
around, with good antennae for nonsense.  He doesn't come out and say 
'it's nonsense';  but that's easier to do if you're writing for 
Crikey than for Fairfax ...

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