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# I'm sorry Dave
- URL: https://www.chrismessina.me/blog/im-sorry-dave/
- Published: 2007-01-12T22:10:37.000Z
- Updated: 2026-03-25T03:39:18.000Z
- Author: Chris Messina
- Tags: twitter

[](http://twitter.com/account/profile%5Fimage/twitter%5Fstatus?ref=chrismessina.me)I think it's pretty clever that our machines are talking to us through human surrogates using machine intermediaries, like the ones running Twitter. Consider [Twitter\_Status](http://twitter.com/twitter%5Fstatus?ref=chrismessina.me) and [Ma.gnolia](http://twitter.com/magnolia?ref=chrismessina.me) on Twitter. It's like our services have become sentient and know how they're feeling and [want to talk to us](http://twitter.com/magnolia/statuses/2740073?ref=chrismessina.me) like we do with each other. Or is it just [cats in the shell](http://twitter.com/images/404.gif?ref=chrismessina.me)?

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**[Twitter and the future of transmogrification at FactoryCity](http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2007/01/18/twitter-and-the-future-of-transmogrification/?ref=chrismessina.me)** · 2007-01-23 18:27:22

\[...\] up on the trend towards Twitterification — and I find it very interesting, especially as the differentiation between bot, aggregate and human is essentially nonexistent. Was it a service, a friend or one of many friends pinging you just then? One never \[...\]