Grudgingly, young people finally flock to Twitter

Alex Lifschitz, of Los Angeles tweets from his on-campus apartment at the Rochester Institute of Technology in Henrietta, N.Y. on Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009. Story Published: Oct 22, 2009 at 8:28 AM PDT By MARTHA IRVINE AP National Writer CHICAGO (AP) - They think it's pointless, narcissistic. Some don't even know what it is. Even so, more young adults and teens - normally at the cutting edge of technology - are finally coming around to Twitter, using it for class or work, monitoring the minutiae of celebrities' lives. It's not always love at first tweet, though. Many of them are doing it grudgingly, perhaps because a friend pressures them or a teacher or boss makes them try the 140-character microblogging site. "I still find no point to using it. I'm the type of person who likes to talk to someone," says Austyn Gabig, a... [read full story]                    

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