To whom it may concern: Twitter’s Status feature is starting to look like a good idea
by David Pierce from The Verge - All Posts on (#64AYK)
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Twitter's Status feature seemed a bit strange at first. When it first came out that the company was testing a way to attach Status badges to your tweets, Twitter explained it as a way to provide more context for your followers."
Context is all well and good, but Twitter's uneditable list of choices didn't make much sense. Adding a Traveling" status might have made sense in the original what-you-had-for-lunch conception of Twitter, but no longer. And is there anything more cringe than tweeting your grumpiness with a Case of the Mondays" badge?
Now, it appears Twitter's statuses are becoming much more... Twitter-y. Jane Manchun Wong, an engineer and a notable internet sleuth, recently found a bunch of new Status options that make a lot...