Dec 15, 2008 5:33 PM

Twitter is f'ing retarded

That’s not me talking. I’m just saying reporting — or linking, anyway, to: twitter is fucking retarded.

That’s not me talking. I’m just saying reporting — or linking, anyway, to:

With due apologies to Clive Thompson, whose writing I like, and who </p>

David Dobbs, author of the Kindle Single bestseller My Mother's Lover, writes features and essays for publications including the Atlantic, the New York Times Magazine, National Geographic, Nature, and other publications. He is working on his fourth book, The Orchid and the Dandelion. You also follow his wider wanderings on ... Read More

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