A very good write-up, with facts and all.

I have tried out Twitter, just to see what so good it is about after reading so much about it.

Maybe there are many ways to “use” Twitter. Like “spreading news” or first hand info. But I am not interested in though. In fact, I do find it very noisy. And for those friends of mine who automatically link the Twitter to Facebook, I am really considering to take them off the wall display. Cuz while I am interested in how you are doing in your life because you are my friend, I have absolutely no interest in those re-tweet from people whom I don’t know.

For me though, it is sort of fun to follow the celebrities and hear out what they are doing in their day-to-day lives. And I don’t expect followers either, cuz I am not of that caliber. And seriously, I am more interested in hearing messages from those whom I know in Facebook, or my regulars in my website.

You wrote: Many Twitterers are also quitters, with 60% quitting within the first month. This compares badly to its competitors Facebook and Myspace, which have bigger retention rates. I suppose this could probably be attributed to the amount of effort needed to set up a Twitter account compared to a Facebook or MySpace account, which are seen as more personal profiles. Easy come, easy go?

This observation could be true. I suspect that not many can or want to keep up with Twitter. I for one, like Jaky writes, more in for the news. Such as from my favorite online game. Facebook is a much better platform for me to keep in touch with my friends. And it does fill up the gaps of where my website can’t fulfill too. That is: there are friends of mine who are more open to drop me a comment on a note I write in Facebook than coming to my site and share their opinions openly with the rest of the world.

There is just way too much selling and noise in the twitter environment..

Your article adequately summarises how there is to know abt Twitter

Thanks
ZQ
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