Next on the agenda: "Most of human conversation is 'Pointless Babble'"? Cheers, Imri
On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 9:23 AM, Juha-Matti Laurio < [email protected]> 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 > _______________________________________________ > Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. > https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec > Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list. > -- Imri Goldberg -------------------------------------- www.algorithm.co.il/blogs/ -------------------------------------- -- insert signature here ----
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