> I ended up on the page due to random clicking for no real purpose. > Though some what found the humor I wasn't looking for intentionally. > I must say I found the following to be quite laughable and > entertaining ;) > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter#Tweet_contents
Let's also not forget that Twitter and Facebook just helped overthrow a couple of governments, so not all babble is pointless ;) > Not really sure what the difference between a conversation and pointless > babble is for some, but leave it to Twitter researchers to classify > each :) > > Even funnier they go on to expand on pointless babble; > > "pointless babble" is better characterized as "social grooming" and/or > "peripheral awareness" Not sure what the deal is, it makes sense to me. To me there are some good take aways from those "conversational" type tweets. I mean, it's possible to learn from a conversation even as a 3rd party, so not all conversations are useless. The obvious contrast is someone who is using Twitter as a slow IM like, "Hey are you coming over to my house later?", ... "Yes". To me that is pointless. Also, let us not forget about the lulz. On the surface lulz seem pointless but they so brighten the day. The bigger point is that a large majority of people just have nothing interesting to say, so they just say anything in order not to be silent. I just wish people would understand that it's ok not to say anything for a few days on Twitter. The planet will still keep spinning and everyone will still be able to move on. > I seriously can't believe people spend time researching, then debating > about such things. Then again here I am commenting, when in Rome or > Idiocracy, either way. > There is far worse research out there. I can see where some company looking at a social network presence may be interested in this type of data. I personally wouldn't do it, but oh well. -- *Nathan Hamiel* http://hexsec.com <http://hexsec.com>http://twitter.com/nathanhamiel blog: www.neohaxor.org
