Being perpetually current on Twitter marks insider status in hyper-tech culture.

Evidence

I almost say that the people are futuristic. They’re from the future. They’re like, “Oh, did you just, did you Twitter that? Did you Twitter this?” They just seem so up to date. Twitter is a phenomenon inside itself, but people are just so up to date. Even for me, when I first started here, it was very intimidating. Now, I kind of feel like I’ve caught up. But, for someone new jumping in, they would be totally bombarded and overwhelmed with it. — Alice E. Marwick, Status Update, 599

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Tech insiders maintain a clear status ladder from talkers to exited founders; The smartphone created a new social norm of perpetual device attention. — Tim Wu, The Attention Merchants, 1039

Broader Connections

• The smartphone created a new social norm of perpetual device attention. #expands (0.78) — Tim Wu, The Attention Merchants, 1039