Comment Re:The difference between Google and Bing (Score 1) 527
Maybe, but look where this kind of argument got Mondale in '84:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Mondale#cite_ref-2
The more interesting property relates to subscription. Like RSS, you start receiving updates from contacts you've explicitly selected. Spam-proof, and highly conducive to emergent conversations. (If you're a Facebook user, this is kind of like the News Feed.)
Here's another way to look at it: logging into your microblog is like joining an enormous IRC channel spanning the entire world, only almost everyone is set to
No directory.