Sandi,

Thanks for your comments.

The Hoopla is... you can Follow quite a Many people without needing to go to multiple places.

It's where Ashton Kusher first Released his "Free Hugs" and "Throwing Water To Workers Next Door" - which then filtered into the press.

It's where I am able to keep track of the Goings On in regards to Australia's filtering of the internet.

It's where I can keep track of the move Against my govt to Borrow $200b in one fell swoop, taking us from a $21b surplus right into the red.

It's where I learned Actor Stephen Fry has recently been shooting in Islands just off the coast of NZ. And where I also found out he was stuck in a lift - and reporting on it in Real Time via his cell phone.

Where I first found out about Christian Bale's outburst, even though it happened Months ago.

I like to think of it as

News Wire by the people.

Let others know you just had a Coke Zero, or something of more importance like a new medical discovery.

John Carlton regularly writes.

Michael Ross