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“To ‘follow’ someone is to have a fantasy of who this person you’re following is, and you use it as a map reference or signpost to guide your own life because you are lost,” says James. “I would guess that the typical profile of a ‘follower’ is someone who is young and who feels marginalised, empty and pointless. They don’t have an inner life,” he says.

A load of Twitter – Times Online

February 25, 2009   Filed under: clippings, internet  

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1 Brucknerite { 02.26.09 at 08:52 }

Whoa! Twitter follower=no life? Somebody has an axe to grind over here.

2 anaulin { 02.27.09 at 00:37 }

I don't know about that. It looks more like they meant to post the article under the humor section but made a mistake.

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