What do you think of this new trend in society?

[T]

Where people post pictures on twitter of the food they've eaten and the clothes they bought and places they shopped and cars they drive? I don't really like it, but would like others opinions. I mean, if you were someplace thats exciting, why not, but some of my friends would take a picture of starbucks coffe and post it up there...or food they ate at any restaurant. I think that is a bit extreme...and why even waste time doing it? Is it a symbol of social status? Cause to me only it only portrays a mindless customer. Plus, you're advertising someone's product without getting paid...what do you think?
to Mysterious Stranger: oh, really? Upper middle class uses twitter? I would have to see the source of this data. Cause, to me, there is no difference between myspace/facebook/twitter. More so, people who use myspace also use facebook and twitter, so I'm not sure to the credibility of your statistics. As far as the classes go, it doesn't matter. You have upper-middle class being as dumb as the lower class...(Impo)

[Pete]

they are shallow.

[AnimeGirl375]

I think using all twitter and myspace and facebook and all of those networking sites is kinda pointless. I mean, all you do is put up a picture and then write things about yourself and other people. LAME

[csucdartgirl]

Regarding food, I wouldn't mind if it were uncommon like an amazing wedding cake or an elaborate food sculpture or something of innate beauty. But logging purchases is tacky.

[Shax]

Whatever makes you happy. It doesn't hurt anyone; you can always just ignore it. If people want to post free advertising then let them. It's not that different from paying a company to wear a shirt with their logo on it.

[Boomer Rat]

I find it interesting, as my friends and those I see on Twitter & etc are all in different countries. I get to see the things - small, mundane, poignant - that make their lives what they are. I've seen the fountains at the Bellagio, a close-up of someone's party platter just before the evening started somewhere in a suburban house I've never visited, and a greasy, sugared cinnamon bun fresh on a plate in a diner in Seattle, somewhere I have never ever been and never will be. I've seen the coffee cup that refreshed one of my friends when they were busy writing and creating a new show over 5,000 miles away.The little jokey pictures of a new suit, freshly bought to impress a special gentleman, are their own memories, presented for me and everyone else to see. The images are so vividly homely, I can touch them and see them and imagine I am almost there, though the chances of me ever leaving my own country are remote.
Even the smallest things matter. I never ask for postcards, but instead for long descriptions, like travelogues. I love the tiny details, and that is for me what those pictures provide. They are a diary of the mundane which I will never experience, and that novelty alone makes me interested.

[flateye896]

If you actually look at the statistics lower class people tend to use myspace, the middle classes prefers facebook and the upper/upper-middle class has twitter. For different types of people, different sites work better. The overarching theme though is staying connected with friends. It's way more than mindless babble from the less intelligent that are only into the mass culture. It's a way of socializing in this new age. Moreover, it makes it easier to keep in touch with people you probably wouldn't have done so with if it was just up to calling or mailing/emailing.