- things that I don't like so much
One thing about Twitter bothers me, that it's not possible to edit tweets after posting. So typos, or inappropriate word choice, or wrong links will always be there; no chance to correct it. (well, replacing the old one with a new, revised one is certainly possible, but troublesome.) But given the fact that the concept of Twitter is strongly related with text messages, I can understand why they don't provide such function. No one would complain about not being able to edit the text message after sending it.
*authenticity
The authenticity of information being circulated on Twitter is something worth noticing. Like all the other information or resources we find on the Internet, or even in real life, it is rather important to tell their truthfulness. Being quick, or close to real time is the biggest feature of Twitter. Yet its quick pace also, inevitably, increases the odds that the messages being sent might be wrong or flawed. People post the tweets as if doing live news reporting; they throw something out first--whatever they got, and then they correct the errors or give more details as the thing--a public demonstration, an earthquake, a plane crash--progresses or develops.
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