Twitterers want Bill Clinton for president (and boyfriend)
Those who watched Bill Clinton's speech at the Democratic National Convention Wednesday night were all a-Twitter, and the tweeted reviews were mostly raves.
The positive reemergence of "the male Clinton," as many Twitterers referred to him, inspired a hopeful — but technically impossible — push for his reelection. "I love Bill Clinton in a completely appropriate way. Re elect the male Clinton!!! We wish, right?" Sara Lidstrom wrote on her Twitter page shortly after the speech.
A few naysayers chimed in, calling Clinton's rhetoric boring and unconvincing. Adam Kmiec tweeted, "so disappointed with Bill Clinton's speech. wish he would have said the truth instead of playing politics."
As is the case with most smooth talkers, Clinton's appearance reignited the age-old debate: Would you date him? "I want to re-elect Bill Clinton after that speech he gave tonight. I still don't find him hot, though," wrote MissSueBurbia on her Twitter page.
Some women could still see the appeal of the 62-year-old politician. "It's official: My crush on Bill Clinton has been restored," Josephine wrote on Twitter.
DWMDC was disappointed — not with the speech but with the phenomenon of aging. "Alright, I confess: Bill Clinton is no longer "hot"," she wrote on her page.
Still, some Twitterers managed to stay on topic. They discussed the content of Clinton's speech, which focused on his endorsement for a Barack Obama-Joe Biden ticket.
And one pro-Clinton twitterer may even be out in front of the pack on the next nonagenarian political celebrity:
"Bill Clinton passed the torch beautifully. Can't deny the man gives a great speech," Seth tweeted. "And OMG Joe Biden's mom is adorable."
-- Mark Milian
iPhone takes over Twitter to an embarrassing degree
I just did a search for "iPhone" on Summize, the Twitter search engine, and was given a page of the 15 most recent "iPhone" tweets. All 15 of them had been sent "less than ten seconds ago."
Click the link yourself and you're likely to find the same, with maybe a few 20-second-ago tweets if you hit a slow moment.
There was so much iPhone noise that some people said Twitter was strategically limiting extra services just to stay online for the whole speech.
Most of the chatter is repetitive declarations of joy, impending purchase, or disappointment.
"I am so going to get the new 3G iPhone," said one guy. "Already got [J]uly 11th off," agreed another. "Oh yes I will go get one," said a third. A fourth declared that he was "salivating," and a fifth, "drooling."
And these tweets were all within about 2 minutes of one another.
When one Twitterer asked when the new iPhone was being announced, I couldn't tell if she was joking. Thankfully, looks like she was.
I get it that the iPhone is neat and even an important part of the digital communications revolution -- but my goodness -- isn't there anything else to be excited about? You'd think Steve Jobs had just announced the release of the iTimeMachine or iTelepathy or iUniversalHealthCare.
For instance, check out a Summize search for Iraq -- some of the newest tweets are three hours old. Maybe Iraq would get more attention if they renamed it iRaq...
Whaddya think, Steve?
Related:
Steve Jobs unveils iPhone 2.0 and iPhone 3G
Around the Web 6.9.08: Fly a new iPhone
What's missing from iPhone 3G? (LAT Technology blog)
