Of 1.2 Billion Twitter Posts, 71% Are Ignored 192
destinyland writes "1.2 billion Twitter 'tweets' were analyzed over two months by analytics company Sysomos, who concluded that a whopping 71% of them got no reaction whatsoever — no online responses, and no Twitter 'retweets.' 'Only a small number of users actually have the ability to engage on Twitter in a significant way,' the researchers conclude, noting that just 6% of Twitter's status updates ever get retweeted (while 23% get a reply). And among those status updates, 85% have exactly one response, while only 1.53% of Twitter conversations are more than three levels deep — where a reply receives a response which then generates a second reply." I am astounded by the claim that nearly three out of ten tweets actually do get any response.
aww... (Score:5, Funny)
Character limit (Score:5, Funny)
The problem is that it's very difficult to fit what you want to say into 140 characters. Unless you're into text speak, you may find that y
Re:Character limit (Score:3, Funny)
RT @rik: The problem is that it's very difficult to fit what you want to say into 140 characters. Unless you're into text speak, you may fi
Have to say... (Score:2, Funny)
Since when has twitter ever been primarily about being relevant? It's always been about being real-ish, and for most people, reality is not retweet or reply worthy.
Simple, just use perfect compression recursively! (Score:4, Funny)
(Which is what you inevitably end up with after applying perfect compression that removes at least one bit with each pass).
It can furthermore be stated that for Tweets this achieves near lossless compression.
Re:aww... (Score:5, Funny)
So, then tweets are like prayers?:
Re:aww... (Score:4, Funny)
So, then tweets are like prayers?
Not in the least. We will play Duke Nukem Forever.
Re:aww... (Score:4, Funny)
Not exactly. The tweets at least have a chance of getting read..
Re:aww... (Score:3, Funny)
Really? They could have mine for a nickel.
Re:They don't seem to understand the purpose (Score:5, Funny)
Back in the dinosaur age if something happened to you(passed a test got herpes whatever) you would actually have to phone/write several people saying the exact same thing. You weren't always looking for a response but just wanted to share the news. Thats what twitter is for.
No wonder I can't figure this twitter thing out. I'm out of school and don't have herpes.
Re:Not the point (Score:5, Funny)
I've been meaning to ask my mother-in-law that very question for years now.
People on Twitter have no life at all (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Not surprised (Score:5, Funny)
Sounds like... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Not the point (Score:2, Funny)
It's a great way of keeping up with friends who you don't see very often due to being in geographical locations. A friend of mine just tweeted that he is going to LA for a week (he lives in the UK). I will know not to drop by his house whilst he is away. It didn't demand a response but it helps me know what is going on.
Of course, grammar leaves a lot to be desired such as the tweet "At doctor who live at wembley" by the same friend who lives close by. I assumed he was at a doctors surgery and wondered what was wrong. Turns out he was at 'Dr. Who - Live at Wembley'. The vaguaries of the English language...
Re:aww... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Seems low (Score:3, Funny)
Re:aww... (Score:5, Funny)
At some point, a conversation has to end. "meet me at the library", "ok, see you there", "ok, got your reply see you there too", "I already said that", "acknowledged", "shut up already", "shutting up now", "nm", "here's a pic of my cat"