Sounds like facebook mobile, which errr, has existed for ages!

Not only do you pick up on this later than everyone else but by the time you do your "theories" have already been vocalised, responded to by Facebook and then put to rest.

http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/08/12/what-facebook-lite-actually-is-hint-its-not-twitter/

It's not a play against twitter, although its no great secret that is in development. It's an attempt to reduce bandwidth usage and decrease loading times for those on slower connections (i.e. people connecting from India, a big growth segment).

There was a time when reading the Inq actually gave you a pulse on the industry. Now you just heat up luke warm stories and attach inane opinions.

This idiotic blogging fad reminds me of the tech bubble, where companies were pandering empty products and ideas, and for some reason gullible and naive investors bought into it all.

What exactly is being sold here? Allowing twits to post their inane thoughts on the net in a moment of boredom to "entertain" other bored people who should be doing real work or something of value? This is a cycle of uselessness doomed to crash down in the end as it contains nothing of real value.

And good riddance when it does.