Social networks are a great way of getting people around the world together. Internet users have many options when it comes to social networks of many kinds. One of the most popular nowadays is Twitter. Almost every business and public figure have one to communicate with customers and fans. It is a great way of getting ideas out there and expressing ourselves freely. Whether its a business letting customers know about new services or products, or an artist informing fans about new shows, this innovative social network is becoming bigger every day. People are getting connected in ways that had never been thought of. The meaning of community is changing greatly with time. The world is getting smaller and smaller with all these technological changes.
A market research firm called Pear Analytics (from San Antonio) analyzed 2,000 tweets (originating from the US and in English) over a 2-week period in August 2009 from 11:00a to 5:00p (CST) and separated them into six categories. The following is a list of the categories and the percentage each represents of the 2,000 tweets.
"Pointless babble"– 41%
Conversational – 38%
Pass-along value – 9%
Self-promotion – 6%
Spam – 4%
News – 4%
What do you think of these percentages?
This is a great video I found in CNN about an astronaut that posts in Twitter pictures of Earth taken from space! Check it out!
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/tech/2010/06/02/lustout.japan.tweeting.astro.cnn
sources:
http://www.cnn.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter
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These categories are hilarious! What is the difference between pointless babble and conversation?? One person's pointless babble is another's regular conversation! It would be interesting to see if Peer Analytics assigned these categories or if the tweeters themselves did. I'm guessing Peer Analytics, because I doubt most are self aware enough to know that they are self promoting or babbling...I hope I'm not doing either.
ReplyDeleteIt is funny but true that most of what is on Twitter is just nonsense. But I believe people know that what they are posting is nonsense. Most people are posting to entertain others or to communicate very simple ideas. And yet the Library of Congress will be acquiring the entire Twitter archive dating back to March 2006 (http://twitter.com/librarycongress/status/12169442690). Apparently, it's a good snapshot of what our culture is like, and more importantly, in the midst of all the babble are a few gems in the rough that should not be lost.
ReplyDeleteI really liked the video about the astronaut twitting from the international space station, and I think that could be one of the few twitters really worth following, since we can get many important or interesting content from his postings.
ReplyDeleteHowever, How many people are out there post tons of stuff in twitter that don't even have something really important to post.
I don't really agree on the part of celebrities posting everything they think or do in twitter, and even worst the thousands of fans who follow all those comments... How do we even know it is them who are posting all these stuff? Some celebrities, such as Ashton Kutcher, who have used this kind of tools to become more popular among the online community... is he really contributing in something by doing so?