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Re: 74% of Twitter users have 10 tweets or less

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Post by kscaldef »

jasonlbaptiste wrote: post #8

I just can't get bullish about Twitter for the long haul with mainstream adoption. I know I might get flamed for this, but I'm trying to give some observations: * Tech inclined, but non-industry friends just don't see the value of Twitter. The word pointless is used almost every time. * Those that try it leave very fast. That's where the 10 tweets per person seems to be about right. * The engagement just isn't there.…

"The engagement just isn't there. I know someone mentioned the whole 90/10 ratio, but that's different here. Imagine if only 74% of Facebook users posted something or updated their profile. That's really really bad"

I'd be curious to know the stats on Facebook. I'd guesstimate that only about 20% of my FB friends post on a regular basis. Lots of people are on FB but not terribly engaged.

Re: 74% of Twitter users have 10 tweets or less

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Post by eplanit »

potatolicious wrote: post #14
jasonlbaptiste wrote: post #8

I just can't get bullish about Twitter for the long haul with mainstream adoption. I know I might get flamed for this, but I'm trying to give some observations: * Tech inclined, but non-industry friends just don't see the value of Twitter. The word pointless is used almost every time. * Those that try it leave very fast. That's where the 10 tweets per person seems to be about right. * The engagement just isn't there.…

The only compelling case for Twitter I've found so far are announcements from local merchants/organizations. I follow some restaurants in my city, and it is useful for keeping tabs on specials and other happenings around me, but it's almost entirely useless for personal communication - Facebook does it better with more existing adoption.

"The only compelling case for Twitter I've found so far are announcements from local merchants/organizations."

Where "announcements" == advertisements. Yes, that's the apparent and generally agreed (long-term) usefulness of Twitter.

Re: 74% of Twitter users have 10 tweets or less

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Post by jordanmessina »

kscaldef wrote: post #31
jasonlbaptiste wrote: post #8

I just can't get bullish about Twitter for the long haul with mainstream adoption. I know I might get flamed for this, but I'm trying to give some observations: * Tech inclined, but non-industry friends just don't see the value of Twitter. The word pointless is used almost every time. * Those that try it leave very fast. That's where the 10 tweets per person seems to be about right. * The engagement just isn't there.…

"The engagement just isn't there. I know someone mentioned the whole 90/10 ratio, but that's different here. Imagine if only 74% of Facebook users posted something or updated their profile. That's really really bad" I'd be curious to know the stats on Facebook. I'd guesstimate that only about 20% of my FB friends post on a regular basis. Lots of people are on FB but not terribly engaged.

A ton are terribly engaged at looking at others profile pictures and playing farmville. That's probably all the value about 80% of facebook users get...including myself

Re: 74% of Twitter users have 10 tweets or less

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Post by jasonlbaptiste »

whopa wrote: post #26
jasonlbaptiste wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I used the college kids example not as a "twitter is meant for younger people" example. It's the fact that college campuses are usually good predictors of technologies and apps that are gaining mainstream popularity. Ironically Facebook is growing heavily in the older segment, which is making the "Facebook stealing twitters thunder" even more important. Another overlooked demographic of the twitter userbase is the ur…

Rapper mentions and urban demographics didn't save the T-Mobile Sidekick. I don't think it's a meaningful indicator of larger things.

it certainly helped it spread and gain adoption.

Re: 74% of Twitter users have 10 tweets or less

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Post by jrockway »

DannoHung wrote: post #18

The problem with Twitter is that they ALWAYS LOG YOU OUT. ALL THE DAMN TIME! What the HELL Twitter? I'd tweet a LOT more often if I didn't have to keep freaking logging in. GEEZ.

Check the "remember me" checkbox when logging in. Otherwise, yeah, your session cookie is deleted when you close the browser.

Re: 74% of Twitter users have 10 tweets or less

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Post by kirpekar »

I have heard this so many times from my non-tech friends:

"Your friend just took a crap & tweeted about it? Power to you"

"The popularity of twitter is testament to the stupidity of the human race"

I personally never tweet. I only follow popular people to hear what they say, news sites, local businesses, etc. I don't really know why anyone follows me.

Re: 74% of Twitter users have 10 tweets or less

#37

Post by alien_acorn »

zaidf wrote: post #23
jasonlbaptiste wrote: post #8

I just can't get bullish about Twitter for the long haul with mainstream adoption. I know I might get flamed for this, but I'm trying to give some observations: * Tech inclined, but non-industry friends just don't see the value of Twitter. The word pointless is used almost every time. * Those that try it leave very fast. That's where the 10 tweets per person seems to be about right. * The engagement just isn't there.…

I'm not sure where I stand on Twitter. But to add another datapoint, a speaker at our school(unc chapel hill) asked how many people are on Twitter and about half the room raised their hand. I know for a fact the j-school and b-school are really pushing Twitter use to their students.

What are "j-school and b-school"?

Re: 74% of Twitter users have 10 tweets or less

#38

Post by kscaldef »

eplanit wrote: post #32
potatolicious wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The only compelling case for Twitter I've found so far are announcements from local merchants/organizations. I follow some restaurants in my city, and it is useful for keeping tabs on specials and other happenings around me, but it's almost entirely useless for personal communication - Facebook does it better with more existing adoption.

"The only compelling case for Twitter I've found so far are announcements from local merchants/organizations." Where "announcements" == advertisements. Yes, that's the apparent and generally agreed (long-term) usefulness of Twitter.

It might be advertising, but it's advertising where:

1) I opt-in, and can opt-out

2) I pick exactly who I want to get advertising from

3) The "advertiser" can get feedback on how many people are following them, how many new, how many lost, and potentially adjust.

Personally, I'm pretty happy that I can follow my favorite restaurants and they tell me what today's specials are, or I can follow my neighborhood bar and they tell me when they change a keg. If that's the future of advertising, I'm happy to have it.

Re: 74% of Twitter users have 10 tweets or less

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Post by starkfist »

alien_acorn wrote: post #37
zaidf wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm not sure where I stand on Twitter. But to add another datapoint, a speaker at our school(unc chapel hill) asked how many people are on Twitter and about half the room raised their hand. I know for a fact the j-school and b-school are really pushing Twitter use to their students.

What are "j-school and b-school"?

journalism and business school

Re: 74% of Twitter users have 10 tweets or less

#40

Post by webwright »

jasonlbaptiste wrote: post #8

I just can't get bullish about Twitter for the long haul with mainstream adoption. I know I might get flamed for this, but I'm trying to give some observations: * Tech inclined, but non-industry friends just don't see the value of Twitter. The word pointless is used almost every time. * Those that try it leave very fast. That's where the 10 tweets per person seems to be about right. * The engagement just isn't there.…

Yeah, I think Twitter's lost the communication / social network game. They are a broadcast medium. They are microblogging. It's not about relationships, it's about audiences.

One other thought-- I was one of those <10 tweets users for a while. You keep building an audience and keep seeing friends following you, eventually you start tweeting (or at least I did). So unlike a lot of abandoned user accounts with other services, I think abandoned Twitter accounts might "wake up" down the road.

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