I just don't get Twitter

I might be the goofy minority, but I haven't jumped full force on the Twitter bandwagon like a virally growing segment of the online community. Half-blog/half-IM...all odd to me. Telling people where you are, what you're doing and who you're doing it with is like encouraging legalized stalking. I'm glad I'm not the only one.

Granted, there are some sound, useful applications for it, like for breaking news or big events.

Maybe it's because I'm largely sedentary. Maybe it's because I'm personally introverted and value my privacy. Maybe it's because I'm in the news media business in a small market I know pretty much everything that's going on most of the time anyway. Maybe because the group of people with whom I communicate most are already on a closed cellular network.

Maybe I should just try the damn thing already.