My only thought is that while two words may be synonyms, it is not true that one can be substituted for the other in every situation. Correct? So, while Strepitus may be a synonym of Crepitus, it would not necessarily follow that in this context it would be appropriate to swap the words.

I think more work needs to be done to verify the appropriateness...

Perhaps he is referring to this:

http://www.manolith.com/2008/11/04/battle-at-thun...

hummm....one wonders if the 4th Commandment might apply here...

TMI

Well, I just discovered another wonderful use of twitter - spreading Amber Alerts. How often do you hear about them? How often do you think you would hear about them if you could have them filtered in a special folder in your twitter client?

#TLOT is actually Top Libertarians On Twitter. You were thinking of #TLuOT for Top Lutherans on Twitter

> What is the point of Twitter?

To broadcast whatever you want to broadcast.

> Do you use a cell phone? Is it done on computer? Both?

Both. I use a computer and my iPhone.

> And why bother?

That's for you to decide.

> From the little I know about it, it comes across to me as
> more of a way to be chatty and gossipy, and not substantive.

It can be, but it can also be substantive. It is not
uncommon for those involved in breaking news stories to be
tweeting about what they are seeing and experiencing.

> How much time does it take up during the day -- to read it,
> to post it, to organize it?

As much as or as little as you want. There is some great
software out there that works wonderfully for organizing it.
As for reading it, no one excepts anyone to read every tweet
- nor could you. One way to think about it is as joining in
on an ongoing conversation...you won't know what has been
said before you arrived and won't know what has been said
after you leave.

> Isn't Twitter just one more fad that will be
> gone in a year or so, replaced by the next best thing?

Perhaps.

Although, Twitter can easily be thought of as a child of IRC (Internet
Relay Chat) and IRC has been around for decades.

Well, it is still an early beta, which means there will be issues, but the developers are releasing frequent updates. It is the twitter client I am using now and intend to stick with.