Text vs Tweet

Some interesting shit was brought to my attention yesterday afternoon. People are now starting to substitute twitter, for text messaging. It makes sense..the cheapest plan with unlimited text from Sprint is $99 a month, with AT&T you'll pay at least an additional $20 a month for unlimited text messaging with their cheapest individual plan (which starts at $40/month). I won't even mention Verizon because the rates were ridiculous.. On the other hand, you can create your own personalized username on Twitter and direct message anyone, for no cost. Since Twitter is quickly becoming another global and viral social networking phenomenon, making the switch from paying for text messaging to using the direct message feature on twittter more often - maybe even exclusively - may not be such a bad idea for those who are paying outrageous rates for texting, and seem to find more than half of their cell phone book on their list of "followers"...