That said, I do know a lot of UX/IA designers who use Twitter. I think it is worth checking out in terms of both understanding Generation Y, and social media/marketing in general. The reality is people build communities and the impacts of marketing (Stephen – ask me about Motrin Moms later) are huge across the “Twittersphere”.

My thoughts on Facebook and Twitter in regards to whether or not Twitter/Facebook/etc are a waste of time… Well, I feel that these web applications are more towards a time waster, instead of a waste of time, to which then would could be considered a source of entertainment. As more and more people use their computers for better sources of entertainment, versus watching nothing but TreeHouse or sitcoms that really shouldn’t live past half a season, these two particular Web Applications do successfully fill the void of TV.

Myself, I was born at the beginning of 1976. I grew up with Computers since my dad first brought home a Vic20, then C64, then a 386sx-16, 486, Pentium 1. At about that time, I started getting my own Pentium 2s, several 3s, and still have multiple 4s and now a Core 2 Duo as my main machine (I’m an Intel freak!). My computers are, without a doubt, a necessity of my life. Although, I check my Facebook account maybe once a month, and only because I’m bored. I don’t have Twitter account because keeping up on all the messages bore me, or I lose interest, annoy me with popups that someones `tweeted` and quite frankly, don’t think I’d have anything of value to add.