Monday, August 17, 2009

Twitter

According to some study, 40% of Twitter messages are pointless babble:
Forty percent of the messages on Twitter are "pointless babble" along the lines of "I am eating a sandwich now," according to a study conducted by a US market research firm.
Just 40%? Amazing.
Posted by at 7:31 PM
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2 comments:

  1. Beware of those with statistics and an agenda.

    1. 2000 tweets is not a sufficient sample size.
    2. "Pointless babble" is a rather judgemental term for a seemingly scientific study.
    3. Their choice of categories is leading. The criteria for their "pointless babble" category are: non-conversational, meaning they're fire and forget messages for anyone who wants to read, with no answer expected; posted on behalf of individuals rather than companies; non mainstream media/new; non-spam; and non-repeated. Isn't this exactly the type of message Twitter was designed for?

    Basicly this article is a bunch of pseudo-scientific fluff wrapping the opinion that "Twitter is nothing but pointless babble".
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  2. Oh sure, you could get all factual and scientific about it. Sure it's statistically questionable. Sure it's categorically skewed and judgmental.

    So let's just call it fake but accurate.
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