Judefa

Why?

~ It is unsatisfactory to read because of both the brevity (ref the 140-character limit to each posting) and the disfigured English and codes that are part of its conventions to include URLs and tags

~ It is used mostly for self-promotion, and much of the traffic is automated — ie forwarded from somewhere else rather than written specifically for Twitter

~ The sheer quantity of postings plus the inane nature of most of them equals a junk diet

no buts except on the odd occasion where it’s been used from a phone in a life or death situation; and the constant presence of Stephen Fry. Maybe the only thing I don’t “get” about Fry is his championing of Twitter, and how or why he keeps it up. It’s not as though he needs the fans.

Twitter. 75 million registered users it proudly says BUT a massive 80% of those accounts are inactive. Only 17% of ‘tweeters’ sent even a single tweet’ in the last month. Only 5% of Twitters users account for 75% of all its tweets. And what about that tiny 5% ? How many of those are spammers rather than ‘proper’ users I wonder ?  No-ones counted that but you can draw your own conclusions from how active you know spammers are.

Which makes me wonder about Stumbleupon and its ‘over 9 million registered users’. How many of those accounts are really active ? From the current feel around the place, not that many. Tumblr very wisely seems to keep quiet on the subject of user numbers.

Interesting article that maybe explains the disconnect I sometimes get between the vast numbers of ‘users’ these places claim and how busy they actually seem to me.