Re: Report: Most Twitter Tweets 'Pointless Babble'

[Dan Kaminsky <dan () doxpara com>]

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> 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."
> --clip--
>
>
> http://www.crn.com/security/219300175;jsessionid=DWC0K2ZU2VEE1QE1GHRSKHWATMY32JVN
>
> Juha-Matti
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