Re: Report: Most Twitter Tweets 'Pointless Babble'

["Hubbard, Dan" <dhubbard () websense com>]

@FunSec really has no point, we do silly things on it, and this is why I actually read most of the posts (which is more 
I can say about the majority of the other lists I am on).

Therefore I believe it does matter :) and agree there should always be room for uselessness, fun, silly, banter.











From: funsec-bounces () linuxbox org [mailto:funsec-bounces () linuxbox org] On Behalf Of Dan Kaminsky
Sent: Friday, August 14, 2009 10:19 AM
To: Juha-Matti Laurio
Cc: funsec () linuxbox org
Subject: Re: [funsec] Report: Most Twitter Tweets 'Pointless Babble'

Why does everything have to matter?

Can't we sometimes just do silly fun things because they're silly and fun?  Does everything need a point?

There is a place in this world for @mochicat and @fuzzymao.

--Dan
On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 2:23 PM, Juha-Matti Laurio <juha-matti.laurio () netti fi<mailto:juha-matti.laurio () netti 
fi>> wrote:
"As if one were needed, a study revealed that most tweets on Twitter are considered "pointless babble."
The study, conducted by Pear Analytics, explored a range of reasons users tweet on microblogging site Twitter.
However, despite Twitter's recent news focus, the study found that the majority of tweets fell into the usage category 
of "Pointless Babble."
Other reasons included conversational, pass-along value, spam, news and self-promotion.

"Mostly many people still perceive Twitter as just mindless babble of people telling you what they are doing 
minute-by-minute;
as if you care they are eating a sandwich at the moment," said Ryan Kelly, a study researcher, in a blog post. "

And later

"In addition, researchers said they originally hypothesized that Twitter would be primarily used for self-promotional 
purposes
-- tweets that are trying to push a product, service or have a "Twitter only" offer.
However, self-promotion comprised about 5.85 percent of the total tweets.

Spam tweets were consistent throughout the day, but came in second to last in frequency. News came in last."
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Juha-Matti
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