Twitter...Yay or Nay?

After having twitter for a few weeks...well, I guess I'll just give my honest opinion; I think it's probably the most ridiculous thing anyone's ever created. I have yet to use it in a productive way, and I really think the whole idea of "updating" is a waste of time. A lot of my bad feelings are possibly because of the way I've seen it used though, with people updating a ridiculous "tweet", and people who are updating their site probably more times than they've walked outside during the day. I don't care where anyone is going, when they're going somewhere, or any of the other "w" questions that users of twitter seem to answer. It honestly seems like a stalker's heaven. The only productive way I can see this website being used is if people are posting links to useful websites, or possibly a newscast updating with new "news". But even if these educational/useful things are being posted, I still don't want to take the time to check twitter, because it seems like a big waste of time. I would rather pick up a newspaper and read to see what's going on in the world, or call someone to see what their plans are for the night. I can see the argument when people say that it gets "right to the point" of what you are looking for, but doesn't that defeat the whole purpose of incidental learning? If I'm looking for a news feed about middle eastern affairs, then that's great. But if that's all I'm looking for, I'm going to miss that really important story about events in Africa or South America that I wasn't necessarily looking for, but still should be informed about and would have if I picked up a newspaper or even turned on CNN. I know there are many valid arguments about the positive use of twitter, but it is one site that I won't be visiting too often. All of the other sites we have been using so far I think are great tools, but I highly doubt twitter will become a part of my favorites list.