Twitter founder, Evan Williams, has rejected suggestions by Westminster Archbishop Vincent Nichols that social networking sites are causing teenagers to focus too much on the number of friends they have online. Speaking on BBC's Newsnight, Mr Williams said: "I think it's kind of silly, anyone who says that isn't really familiar with the service because it's about humans connecting with each other and often in ways that they couldn't otherwise and it's the opposite of dehumanising as far as I'm concerned."
"Twitter adds a nuance and a new sense of connectivity that is pretty unique," he said, attempting to explain the success of the microblog.
"I don't think it's false, necessarily, people are using technology to communicate, it's not any less real than using the telephone to communicate."
The Archbishop of Westminster had warned last week: "Among young people often a key factor in them committing suicide is the trauma of transient relationships.
"They throw themselves into a friendship or network of friendships, then it collapses and they're desolate."
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