Hey Twitterati, How Twitterific Is Your T.Q. (Twitter Quotient)?

Jon Stewart, in introducing his recent "Old Man Stewart Shakes His Fist At..." segment, recently declared of Twitter, "I have no idea how it works." But chances are you do, dear reader. Because stories about Twitter -- its reach, its influence, its potential revenue model -- invariably float to the top of the "most read" chart here at AdAge.com. So I'm not worried at all about how you'll do on this special Twitter edition of Media Guy's Media Studies Pop Quiz! Evan Williams Twitter CEO/co-founder Evan Williams, who was invited to a White House "young business leaders" summit earlier this month, twittered that his invitation "must mean they're *really* out of ideas." What else does it mean? A commenter who goes by the name JMarie recently posted this comment on a Twitter-related story at The Business Insider: "I am a 25-year-old in the digital industry who lives in Manhattan. I don't know one person my age who uses Twitter. I only ever hear about [it] when old media people talk about it. Sadly, Twitter is a lame device old people have started using thinking it's 'relevant' and 'young' when really the only people you are reaching are also old. Oh, how easily people fall for bad trends..." Since that controversial declaration, what's become of JMarie? Comedian Michael Ian Black recently introduced the concept of the Fuckitlist -- the opposite of a Bucket List: things you don't intend to do before you die -- on Twitter, where the frenzied spewing of tossed-off Fuckitlists items (e.g., "wear thong underwear," "watch an opera," "read Atlas Shrugged") is all the rage. What's on Twitter's Fuckitlist? To power its users' status updates, Facebook asks, "What are you doing right now?" Twitter, meanwhile, asks, "What are you doing?" What's the difference? Twitter intends to make money by: Last week tech-famous(-ish) Twitterer David Prager, co-founder of IPTV company Revision3, twittered about a home invasion occurring at his apartment as it happened -- instead of calling the police. His first tweet read, "ok, maybe I should lock my door -- I swear a random dude just walked into my bathroom and I can't believe I haven't freaked out." Prager speculated in subsequent tweets that the intruder camped out in his bathroom was a drunk hobo. What ultimately happened? How does a Twitter "follower" differ from a Facebook "friend"? - - -ANSWER KEY: A -- unless it's B or C.

Hey Twitterati, How Twitterific Is Your T.Q. (Twitter Quotient)?

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