Perhaps life is one big tweet!
We have our families with our distinct ways (bio and interest areas), we connect with like minded people (follow) and attract others (followers).
We communicate and engage regularly with our family (tweets) and we get our message passed on – especially if it resonates (re-tweeted).
We make new friends and our circle of meaning, engagement and influence grows. ( We continue tweeting).
Life is too boundless to imitate twitter. Twitter is obviously imitating life!