Is there an issue with adds on Twitter soaking up bandwidth? I'd rather be able to send a generic text message to a responder, emergency center, rather than need to "follow". What am I missing?

BTW: that Maratac watch I mentioned earlier lost 4 seconds over a day -- not bad for an auto-winder. Really, I wonder if @pple will ever advertise the accuracy of an iWatch when off-line. Rhetorical Q...