Buzz Out Loud Lounge: Twitter Study: 40% of Tweets are "Pointless Babble"
Twitter Study: 40% of Tweets are "Pointless Babble"
by Slikkster - 8/17/09 8:42 AMSee here: http://www.cnbc.com/id/32446935
I couldn't resist posting this after the other sometimes heated thread at http://forums.cnet.com/5208-10152_102-0.html?threadID=353073&tag=forums06;forum-threads
Note that I have created a Twitter account, and somehow found that I'm following "Jerky.com"'s tweets (I've bought some good jerky from them, but can't account for the automatic following yet. I guess that happened after I had Twitter scour my contact list.) I'm going to be experimenting more with Twitter as I get time. I'm sure I can help get that 40 percent of pointless babbling up a percentage point or two on my own , lol.
Anyway, take the study above for what it's worth, and note that it's posted all in good fun.
(NT) @Slikkster, LOLcano
by kwahhn - 8/17/09 9:16 AM In reply to: Twitter Study: 40% of Tweets are "Pointless Babble" by SlikksterI didn't think it was for news.
by isting - 8/17/09 1:32 PM In reply to: Twitter Study: 40% of Tweets are "Pointless Babble" by SlikksterI use Twitter for entertainment purposes only. If I want news and information I go to relevant sites or read my rss feeds.
I don't understand the people that say they get all of their info from Twitter.
News
by anonymousjoseph - 8/18/09 2:06 PM In reply to: I didn't think it was for news. by istingA lot of people do get the news through Twitter. Companies like Time and CNN tweet (I hate that word!) out the news. Also, many twitter accounts are just simple mirrors of a site's RSS feed using Twitterfeed, a service that monitors an RSS feed and tweets (did I mention I hated that word?) what it sees. I use Twitter for both. I follow CNN and Time, but also Tom, Molly, and Jason.
Twitter Study: 40% of Tweets are "Pointless Babble"
by wizkids32 - 8/17/09 2:24 PM In reply to: Twitter Study: 40% of Tweets are "Pointless Babble" by SlikksterThat is funny no body I follow does "Pointless Babble" at all.
Gotta be higher....
by paintguru - 8/17/09 2:47 PM In reply to: Twitter Study: 40% of Tweets are "Pointless Babble" by SlikksterAt least it says less than 1 in 10 are pass along worthy. I can't say anyone I follow really says anything earth shattering or pass along worthy. I mean what do we classify "Starting to record BOL" as?
Maybe they could do a study on...
by Nicholas Buenk - 8/17/09 4:38 PM In reply to: Twitter Study: 40% of Tweets are "Pointless Babble" by SlikksterWhat percentage of studies are a waste of time and money.
Touché!
by Slikkster - 8/17/09 4:39 PM In reply to: Maybe they could do a study on... by Nicholas BuenkGood one.
Alright, THAT'S IT!
by scrawledinwax - 8/17/09 5:25 PM In reply to: Twitter Study: 40% of Tweets are "Pointless Babble" by Slikkster*angrily rolls up sleeves*
Heh - no, not really.
Though - Danah Boyd had a pretty good and smart reaction to this study here:
http://www.zephoria.org/thoughts/archives/2009/08/16/twitter_pointle.html
That was a good analysis...
by Slikkster - 8/18/09 4:33 AM In reply to: Alright, THAT'S IT! by scrawledinwaxBut the author does go to some lengths to say that Twitter shouldn't be judged on the basis of being primarily a news source but rather a social tool, which is in opposition to some others' take on it. I can see that it's mostly social, with the capability to disseminate news as an adjunct function.
I have to say that at first glance I thought I saw something else when the author used the word "phatic". Good grief, what would Freud say (in 140 characters or less)?
100% of that article, one person's opinion~
by robstak - 8/19/09 6:07 PM In reply to: Twitter Study: 40% of Tweets are "Pointless Babble" by Slikksteri deem his article pointless babble. your move news guy!
-karl
What do you mean pointless?
by Chappy1 - 8/22/09 11:37 PM In reply to: Twitter Study: 40% of Tweets are "Pointless Babble" by SlikksterI love to know what people are having for lunch or if they just did number one or number two.
That's not pointless to me.
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