42% of US Internet Users Have a Facebook Account. For Twitter, It’s 16%
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Re: 42% of US Internet Users Have a Facebook Account. For Twitter, It’s 16%
#2I wonder how many people bounce from the twitter signup page. Every combination of my name is already taken on twitter and every few months I would go to sign up, but can't find a name that isn't taken. The impression they give you is that the name is very important and you can only pick it once. I also barely ever use facebook, but as I can just use my email I signed up long ago.
Re: 42% of US Internet Users Have a Facebook Account. For Twitter, It’s 16%
#3Didn't know about the polling app that Google has. That's great.
Seems to me like Twitter still has a lot of opportunity for growth in the US, if these numbers are to be believed.
Re: 42% of US Internet Users Have a Facebook Account. For Twitter, It’s 16%
#4I wonder how many people bounce from the twitter signup page. Every combination of my name is already taken on twitter and every few months I would go to sign up, but can't find a name that isn't taken. The impression they give you is that the name is very important and you can only pick it once. I also barely ever use facebook, but as I can just use my email I signed up long ago.
Does Twitter suggest an alternative username? Even if they do, the problem with Twitter growth is that nobody will follow a new user unless they know you in real life. I have the impression that for new users it's mostly s feed reader with ads and Foursquare checkins.
Re: 42% of US Internet Users Have a Facebook Account. For Twitter, It’s 16%
#5I wonder how many people bounce from the twitter signup page. Every combination of my name is already taken on twitter and every few months I would go to sign up, but can't find a name that isn't taken. The impression they give you is that the name is very important and you can only pick it once. I also barely ever use facebook, but as I can just use my email I signed up long ago.
You can change it later, and it keeps all your followers following after the change. 3rd party apps are supposed to track you by ID and not name, but god only knows who really does what.
Re: 42% of US Internet Users Have a Facebook Account. For Twitter, It’s 16%
#6I wonder how many people bounce from the twitter signup page. Every combination of my name is already taken on twitter and every few months I would go to sign up, but can't find a name that isn't taken. The impression they give you is that the name is very important and you can only pick it once. I also barely ever use facebook, but as I can just use my email I signed up long ago.
Does Twitter suggest an alternative username? Even if they do, the problem with Twitter growth is that nobody will follow a new user unless they know you in real life. I have the impression that for new users it's mostly s feed reader with ads and Foursquare checkins.
When I joined Twitter back in the relatively early days of the service every tweet I did would generate replies and lead to conversations. I met some people locally and made new friends. That hasn't happened in about 3 years now. Unless you are a celebrity of some sort nobody but your real life friends will care about your updates these days. And they will also see the same info when you put it on Facebook. When something happens in the world Twitter is the first place I look for breaking news. But I'm quickly losing interest in creating content for Twitter because there is virtually no engagement.
Re: 42% of US Internet Users Have a Facebook Account. For Twitter, It’s 16%
#7Didn't know about the polling app that Google has. That's great. Seems to me like Twitter still has a lot of opportunity for growth in the US, if these numbers are to be believed.
Just because many people are not using something, it doesn't mean demand for that something is high. Often, it's the other way around - if many people are not using something, it's usually due to low demand (at this price).
What price? Time, effort, attention, opportunity costs, etc.
Re: 42% of US Internet Users Have a Facebook Account. For Twitter, It’s 16%
#8Didn't know about the polling app that Google has. That's great. Seems to me like Twitter still has a lot of opportunity for growth in the US, if these numbers are to be believed.
Just because many people are not using something, it doesn't mean demand for that something is high. Often, it's the other way around - if many people are not using something, it's usually due to low demand (at this price). What price? Time, effort, attention, opportunity costs, etc.
I think it's barrier to entry. It must be very frustrating to join Twitter today, see people with thousands of followers and not having any.
Most non-famous people I know who joined Twitter recently follow 50-100 people and have a handful of followers (who know them in real life). They get bored quickly and stop using it.
Re: 42% of US Internet Users Have a Facebook Account. For Twitter, It’s 16%
#9I wonder how many people bounce from the twitter signup page. Every combination of my name is already taken on twitter and every few months I would go to sign up, but can't find a name that isn't taken. The impression they give you is that the name is very important and you can only pick it once. I also barely ever use facebook, but as I can just use my email I signed up long ago.
Does Twitter suggest an alternative username? Even if they do, the problem with Twitter growth is that nobody will follow a new user unless they know you in real life. I have the impression that for new users it's mostly s feed reader with ads and Foursquare checkins.
The user name suggestion's were less than stellar. On the home page it looks like they append a random letter to your name as a suggestion. :\ This problem would be a perfect case for a genetic algorithm where the fitness function is the user. It could present a handful of options, but if you don't want one of them you could select one to be "similar" which would cause it to spawn off new names that you might like.
Re: 42% of US Internet Users Have a Facebook Account. For Twitter, It’s 16%
#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
Just because many people are not using something, it doesn't mean demand for that something is high. Often, it's the other way around - if many people are not using something, it's usually due to low demand (at this price). What price? Time, effort, attention, opportunity costs, etc.
I think it's barrier to entry. It must be very frustrating to join Twitter today, see people with thousands of followers and not having any. Most non-famous people I know who joined Twitter recently follow 50-100 people and have a handful of followers (who know them in real life). They get bored quickly and stop using it.
But those people still have an account...the article is about people who haven't even tried Twitter.