billyblitzkrieg
I don't really understand it, either.
Why would people just want to track other people's events throughout the day?
neutral
I think of it like social networking microblog. It's the same idea behind a blog except people have to get to the point or they give a quick summary and you decide if you want to read it.
Also my favorite thing about twitter is that I posted 'I hate you #Comcast' and I got directly connected to corporate office and they fixed my bill since they where over charging like mad.