Twitter was the next big thing a year ago. At this time time they are officially a big deal.

Yes, Twitter has passed the "next big thing" torch over to Foursquare.

That's the GoWalla ripoff? ;-)

Is twitter more than a toy? The only real feature they ever added from an outside perspective (someone who doesn't use twitter) is someone elses search technology.

Maybe because of twitter realtime is the next big thing.

All cats have tails, my dog has a tail, ...

I was actually being ironic :)