Although some have argued that Twitter may be an effective tool for user research, I think anyone who thinks it can be the *only* tool is delusional. It can, at best, provide some data for user research, but I would be negligent to argue that you could use that and some other similar tools to develop deliverables like personas.
On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 11:31 AM, Lucilla Madamba <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > Thanks for the post. This whole Twitter thread has certainly got me > thinking on viewing Twitter as a tool for doing user research among a > particular type of research participants, i.e. ones who are comfortable > with > SMS and IM either on the mobile or PC platform. I doubt if Twitter itself > on its own can provide the kinds of deep data that you'll need. If that's > the case, how would you use Twitter in conjunction with other types of > qualitative research methods? > > Here's another interesting post: a survey of 3,000 US-based users and their > use of online communities. *The study concludes that Twitter serves > niches:*"Although both Twitter and SecondLife have received enormous > amounts of > press coverage, and are used intensely by some people, they are dwarfed in > membership by the major social sites such as Facebook, MySpace, and even > LinkedIn." > > > http://mobileopportunity.blogspot.com/2008/10/everything-you-always-wanted-to-know.html > > > cheers, > Lucilla Madamba > > LinkedIn Profile: www.linkedin.com/in/lucilla > Twitter: sailorlass <http://twitter.com/sailorlass> > > > On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 7:11 AM, Cone Trees <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Twitter is a fantastic tool for user research. It can be used to > > advantage in many cases for both enabling and conducting user > > research. > > > > Here's an interesting post: > > http://dinamehta.com/blog/2008/02/01/twitter-for-ethnography/ > > > > I have begun using Twitter recently. Drop by sometime @ > > http://www.twitter.com/conetrees :) > > > > > > . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > > Posted from the new ixda.org > > http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=34682 > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________ > > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > > To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe > > List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines > > List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help > > > ________________________________________________________________ > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe > List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines > List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help > -- ~ will "Where you innovate, how you innovate, and what you innovate are design problems" --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Will Evans | User Experience Architect tel: +1.617.281.1281 | [EMAIL PROTECTED] aim: semanticwill gtalk: semanticwill twitter: semanticwill skype: semanticwill --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
