I am not sure I completely agree with Ryan's foreshadowing of the future of newspapers. But the guy does sound like he knows what he is talking about. I checked out the social networking site called Twitter. I had no clue this type of service even existed. I found it when I was looking at the Yahoo live blog. I think the worst aspects of the Twitter service is it only allows messages to be sent that are 140 characters long. I feel 140 characters is way too anemic to convey any meaningfully message.
We already have to deal with smaller stories and less information, whether it be in USA Today or Headline News. As information becomes more and more compressed, the information that is absorbed by the masses will become more and more inaccurate. My father taught me a long time ago that news is like a three course meal, you don't stop half way through and make your judgment, you wait till the last bite.
The Yahoo Live blog was more frightening than enlightening. The whole time I was surfing the blog I could only imagine DateLine NBC's "To Catch a Predator." I think that blog blurs the line between networking and intrusion on privacy. It gives other users too much access into the lives of their colleagues.
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I think Twitter is mostly used by folks who want to update their friends and colleagues on what they're doing, not as news feeds...though I'm sure some are using it that way too. I share your concern about the "incredible shrinking news hole."
I think you meant frightening, not "freighting." Please fix.
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