On the uselessness of Twitterati

There was a celebration of the use of Twitter to organize a 2000 person snowball fight on Dupont Circle. This utter uselessness of Twitter never ceases to amaze me yet the generation that uses it is enthralled by it and swears by its ability yet at the same time the same generation complains and whines about uncleared sidewalks. I'll be impressed by the power of Twitter when it is actually used to do good.