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Politicians And Twitter.

Again, concerning this supposed need for politicians to tweet; I have to ask…

What’s the point?

What do they think they will possibly accomplish?

Are they trying to show how connected to technology they are?

Are they trying to show how much they care about their constituents?

Are they trying to look hip?

I just don’t get it. You can’t really convey anything of substance on it. It’s great if you want to tell friends you’re at the movies, where you’re eating lunch, or when you’re taking a shit. Granted, it works great for Sarah Palin because she’s in campaign mode, and, well, her mental capacity often seems to just match the limit of 140 characters at a single time (OK, that was just mean). But I mean really… What’s the point? It’s only going to get you into trouble in the end.

Social Engineering – The Google Way

I just installed a new operating system on my computer [Debian Squeeze] and had to reinstall my homepage on my browser. That would be my blog of course. I could have typed the URL directly into the address bar, but I did a Google search for my blog instead. There are many non-climate related posts that have had more comments and much more traffic, including posts linked to Instapundit, Andrew Sullivan, or Althouse… but Google didn’t display those pages. The search engine singled out three of four post that contains the words “Climate”, “Global Warming”, “Fix” and “Hottest Year”!

Interesting to see what is most important to the folks at Google.