Sadly, it seems that some of the smartest people I know think Twitter is really interesting.
Such people think that it is somehow significant that someone Twittered—oh, excuse me, Tweeted—the Sichuan earthquake before Reuters reported it.
Nonetheless, Twitter has supplanted one of Danwei.org’s traditional areas of reporting: real time updates about websites blocked by the Chinese Net Nanny.
The Twitter people are currently talking about Youtube being blocked in China. It’s working OK in Beijing though.
Update (JM): Except when it’s not: Access has been on again off again today.
For the latest status of Youtube, please see the Net Nanny Follies category.