Inside the growing phenomenon of “local Twitter” in the US, which is mostly made up of teens posting generic status updates that sometimes go viral
A decade ago, if you were a bored teen looking to post about suburban life, relationship problems, Starbucks, or fleeting thoughts like … Tweets: @theatlantic and @willystaley Tweets: @theatlantic : “A 55-year-old mom wouldn't necessarily be labeled as local Twitter, but a teen would be if she shares stuff similar to what a 55-year-old mom would share.” @taylorlorenz reports on the Local Twitter phenomenon http://www.theatlantic.com/... Willy / @willystaley : Enjoyed this explainer on Local Twitter, but I also feel like...Media Twitter is not very different at all? http://www.theatlantic.com/... http://twitter.com/...