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The Average Person Can’t Figure Out Twitter

Started by Nick O'Neill · 8 months ago

I’ve been taking a look at the usage of many Twitter users over the past few weeks and I’ve also noticed that a lot more of my friends have been joining recently. While Twitter can be an extremely valuable tool, there is a serious hurdle for it. I’ve seen many ... Continue reading »

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  • mojaam

    8 months ago

    My twitter usage just increased lately mostly due to the popularity of it and the elections. CNN uses it to engage with their viewers. I was surprised to see my tweet on it actually. But yeh, unless you have engaging mutual friends or you are important/famous enough, it doesn't offer much. Even if you do have friends, I feel Plurk is a much better platform to have those conversations. You can still learn a lot from what others are saying by subscribing to search results or using the many tools created for twitter.
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  • Jamie Scheu

    8 months ago

    Here's a pretty good YouTube video I came across recently, explaining Twitter (and its uses/benefits) in plain english:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddO9idmax0o
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  • Ray Capece

    8 months ago

    Good observation, Nick. One way Twitter might break through to mainstream use is connecting family and friends. Since most early adopters are young, they haven't gotten to appreciate (as I have) children who tweet. Parents' lament: "You never call, you never write [email]." So we really appreciate 'Got my license after 3 hours at DMV today' and other such trivia (not to mention seeing their icon :)
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  • Bill Sodeman

    8 months ago

    I use Twitter, but I'm on FriendFeed much more often. Twitter has a lot of noise and very few filters. FriendFeed has much better filters.
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  • Paul Roberts

    8 months ago

    I use Twitter for two purposes: as another source of information, tapping into the rich and deep knowledge base of the 'masters of the web'; and toe experience living life online. it has its frustrations, but the weak relationships work for me just as much if not more than Twitter relationships with people I have met face-to-face.
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  • praneeth

    8 months ago

    Perfect, the real value of twitter comes from whom you follow and how they use twitter. are they adding too much noise? are they active on it?? It actually take quite some time to understand how microblogs works
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