Anecdotal evidence and personal experience are all well and good, especially where popularity contests are concerned. Hard data works, too, though, and Hitwise’s Heather Hopkins has weighed in with stats on how Twitter is doing.
Found: The Point of Twitter
Hopefully, we’re over wondering what the point of Twitter is and we can move on to how, exactly, using it or other social media can be good for business. Sometimes the biggest obstacle is just wrapping your head around something.The short and skinny of what is to follow is this:
FriendFeed Benefits From Twitter Problems
Twitter: grabbing defeat from the jaws of success Amazing, Twitter has been half down all weekend long. Dave Winer and others have been writing about it. The problems have been covered on TechMeme and other places where one looks for interesting tech news.
Jonesin’ For Twitter
Something remarkable happened the last time the power went out. My family and I grabbed a seat on the porch and we actually talked to each other. It was scary at first. No blue glow on our faces, nothing provided via electronic transmission for us to comment on. Of course, all that retro-interaction ceased abruptly as soon as the youngest of us heard the AC kick on again.
Baron Pulls Twitter Auction
Knowing the value of a web-celeb’s Twitter account will have to be on hold. Andrew Baron, founder of the well-known video podcast Rocketboom, placed his name-brand account up for sale on eBay last week, but has since deleted the auction listing.
Twitter Account And Googleplex Tour On eBay
It started with Rocketboom founder Andrew Baron putting his Twitter account up for auction on eBay. He had 1,500 followers then and at last check he’s at 1,757.
Blogger Goofs On Twitter Ads
The latest gaff in online journalism comes courtesy of prominent tech blog, emphasizing once again an important point: When bloggers are under pressure to be first and fast, the journalistic process is undermined and due diligence is neglected.
What’s The Point Of Twitter?
Determining the reality of Twitter might be a question best reserved for later, or never. Reality’s difficult enough in the so-called "real" physical world. The trouble with Twitter, like the trouble with many things people will argue about, is a trouble originating with humans, not the thing itself: the need to define a thing.What is it? What is it used for? What is its potential? What are the limits? Who else is using it and why? What can we learn from it? Should I be using it too? Is it okay if I walk away from it? Do I have to use the word "tweet?"
Should You Buy A Twitter Account?
It’s been a mildly interesting weekend. One of the interesting things that happened was a TechCrunch article that described Andrew Baron selling his Twitter account It was the weekend, and I was looking for some quick amusement value, so I jumped into the auction on eBay. Things got really interesting from there.
Twubble With Twitter
Let me just say this so I can get it out there and out of my chest where it’s probably looking for a way to kill me: I don’t like it that I have to say I "follow" someone on Twitter. I’m a leader, dammit. I lead. I also don’t like saying "tweet" because I’m freakin’ 31 years old.