Twitter doesn’t work

Twitter, the concept, works.  Twitter, when used via a third-party application, does not.  I probably wouldn’t use Twitter as much if they didn’t have a Jabber screen name that I can send updates to.  That functionality broke down a little while ago, with no resolution, so I stopped using Twitter and resorted to Facebook for my status updates.

Then, Facebook integrated with all of the other web 2.0 units, and I can now twitter from Facebook.  Except, I can’t.  That functionality is broken, too.  I’m not venturing to the main site to make my updates.  Since I tweet when my fingers are itchy and I don’t have much time, I don’t mind just using Status updates on Facebook.

But that makes me ask myself:  for those of us who enjoy status updates, what value does Twitter add if all of our friends are on Facebook anyway?  Off the top of my head: an organized list of one line journal entries – Facebook’s status updates get covered in a bunch of Web static.  Nonetheless, would I have asked myself that question if I could’ve updated Twitter and Facebook simulataneoeously?

Broken down functionality gives just enough pause to question whether or not I need the system.  Surely that’s bad news for Twitter.  As it is, most of my friends that have tried the service didn’t get it.

Stumble it!