Re: Report: Most Twitter Tweets 'Pointless Babble'

[Nick FitzGerald <nick () virus-l demon co uk>]

David M Chess wrote:

> Ha, I go "phht" at this "study".  Looks to me like it's mostly a disguised 
> advert for "Philtro", and heavily weighted toward concluding that "ZOMG 
> twitter needs filtering!!11!".

Well spotted.

Or, even better, as El Reg noted:

   http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/08/13/twit_research/

   <<...>>

   The study by Pear Analytics...

   <<...>>

   Philtro's CEO is one Paul Singh, who has a BS from George Mason
   University, and who apparently "likes it when people call him "Mr.
   Metrics.""

   Funnily enough, Pear Analytics' Business Intelligence Expert is
   "Paul Singh (aka "Mr. Metrics")" who also has a BS from George Mason
   University.

   Which if nothing else, suggests that Philtro should be able to spot
   self-promotion.

8-)



Regards,

Nick FitzGerald



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