46.4% of study data is "pointless irrelevancy" On 13-Aug-09, at 11:23 PM, Juha-Matti Laurio 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. _______________________________________________ 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.
