If you are ever invited to explain Twitter to someone obsessed with its celebrity aspects or apparently mundane subject matter, here are some suggested responses from the Twittersphere:

paulbradshaw: I’ll be on BBC Radio WM tomorrow c8.50am talking about Twitter with @flupton – suggestions for fielding celebs/mundanity angles anyone?

about 8 hours ago

Tue Feb 17 12:47:01 +0000 2009

MediaCoach: Twitter is like a big party. Sometimes celebs wander in, and people flock to them. But the lasting value is business contacts

about 8 hours ago

Tue Feb 17 12:53:13 +0000 2009

technicalfault: celebs self-promoting..? mundanity – human face that lubricates interaction?

about 8 hours ago

Tue Feb 17 12:54:10 +0000 2009

ourman: I think twitter will split – the celebs and The Sun readers will go one way – the rest of us will continue on as we are

about 8 hours ago

Tue Feb 17 12:59:39 +0000 2009

fayedavies: you know you’ll get asked…….’So….what’s the point, who would want to know?’……

about 8 hours ago

Tue Feb 17 13:06:29 +0000 2009

richardrooney: Anything (football, decorating, amateur dramatics) looks “sad” and self-obsessed from the outside. Twitter is no different.

about 8 hours ago

Tue Feb 17 13:10:08 +0000 2009

BeardedMagazine: Wonderful independent music magazine increasing web traffic three fold since utilising it? Now knocking on 2000 peeps/day…

about 8 hours ago

Tue Feb 17 13:35:02 +0000 2009

freedomclothing: ah, but do you tweet about ethnic minority issues?

about 6 hours ago

Tue Feb 17 14:41:54 +0000 2009