Inspired by a comment at Scoble’s blog, Bob Bly kicks off a discussion of why those who haven’t fallen head over heels in love with Twitter can’t stand those who have.  It’s a good post, but the comment section exemplifies this whole dynamic.  In fact it’s almost as if comment #1 should have started out with “And to prove your point (about the annoying social media uber-clerics) …”

Bly’s post is spot on and I have to say, you couldn’t have found a better place for the catalyst comment than on Scoble’s blog.  I was following that guy on Twitter for a while because occasionally he puts out something good.  But, as I’ve said before, he is Mr. Self-Fulfilling Prophecy.  On the one hand he’ll gush over all the action on Twitter, but on the other he is single-handedly beefing up that action with fluff.  I’d hear a beep on Twhirl and here would come this string of 10 Scoble Tweets.  After reading them my reaction often was:  Dude if you don’t have anything to say, just shut up!