As I noted, Twitter is a great product but a derivative of the original AIM status update environment.

And 6 years ago, we launched AIM Fight. Click here to play.

And now here is an AIM Fight rip-off for Twitter. Click here. See any resemblance?

Everything old is new again.

But I don’t want to hear about how cool and innovative this stuff is. As a grizzled old media vet said to me, ”Same crap - different bag.”