&gt; Twitter provides 140 status messages. There is nothing wrong it, that is very cool. But I think there is a realization that it just isn&#x27;t as cool as it was in 4 years ago. And it just became 3% less cool.<p>I can&#x27;t tell if you&#x27;re being ironic or facile, but Twitter has become quite a bit more than &quot;140 status messages&quot;(sic). It&#x27;s a medium where politicians, dissidents, celebrities, the hoi palloi, brands, and anarchists all interact. Its a place of record quoted in headline news briefs and long-form journalism. It is used to organize rebellion and restricting access to it is viewed by many as a human rights violation.<p>Twitter as a business has problems, but being a fad isn&#x27;t one of them.