Bas I'm increasingly fond of the text-only look & feel of Sublevel. It's such a relief after revisiting Facebook. And people seem to be typing more instead of linking. Twitter and FB are constantly filled with second hand content.

Belle I wasn't around in the super early days of Twitter so I'm curious about whether it started off in a similar fashion, with more talking and less linking.

Bas Me neither. I use Twitter a lot to stay in touch with opinions and trends, but I hardly ever post. I use it like a RSS feed.