Comments on: Who is Twitter for? http://www.megantaylor.org/wordpress/2009/05/07/who-is-twitter-for/ Blog and Portfolio Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:25:18 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Twitter Trackbacks for Who is Twitter for? | Megan Taylor: Freelance web developer, multimedia producer and journalist [megantaylor.org] on Topsy.com http://www.megantaylor.org/wordpress/2009/05/07/who-is-twitter-for/#comment-61481 Twitter Trackbacks for Who is Twitter for? | Megan Taylor: Freelance web developer, multimedia producer and journalist [megantaylor.org] on Topsy.com Fri, 28 Aug 2009 13:14:34 +0000 http://www.megantaylor.org/?p=2188#comment-61481 [...] link is being shared on Twitter right now. @selfmadepsyche, an influential author, said New blog post: [...] [...] link is being shared on Twitter right now. @selfmadepsyche, an influential author, said New blog post: [...]

]]> By: dkzody http://www.megantaylor.org/wordpress/2009/05/07/who-is-twitter-for/#comment-60354 dkzody Wed, 13 May 2009 01:05:00 +0000 http://www.megantaylor.org/?p=2188#comment-60354 I think I am an unusual "old" person in that I like all these forms of communication but many of my peers find it irritating that I blog and put so much of myself "out there." They just know it's a bad thing! However, a few are getting on Facebook (which I'm not on) and loving it. So, with time, we will see how the older generation deals with all of the "newfangled" technology. I think I am an unusual “old” person in that I like all these forms of communication but many of my peers find it irritating that I blog and put so much of myself “out there.” They just know it's a bad thing! However, a few are getting on Facebook (which I'm not on) and loving it. So, with time, we will see how the older generation deals with all of the “newfangled” technology.

]]> By: dkzody http://www.megantaylor.org/wordpress/2009/05/07/who-is-twitter-for/#comment-60353 dkzody Wed, 13 May 2009 01:00:23 +0000 http://www.megantaylor.org/?p=2188#comment-60353 I think you've made some valid assumptions, especially about my inner city high school students. My students usually want to communicate with just one person at a time. As they go off to college, that may change. And, as others in their group tweet, they too may want to get on the bandwagon. Right now, it's not relevant for them. They hear about older people being on it, and I think that discourages them from using it. Most of them, if not all, are not on Facebook either. They still like MySpace. I think you've made some valid assumptions, especially about my inner city high school students. My students usually want to communicate with just one person at a time. As they go off to college, that may change. And, as others in their group tweet, they too may want to get on the bandwagon. Right now, it's not relevant for them. They hear about older people being on it, and I think that discourages them from using it. Most of them, if not all, are not on Facebook either. They still like MySpace.

]]> By: Megan Taylor http://www.megantaylor.org/wordpress/2009/05/07/who-is-twitter-for/#comment-60259 Megan Taylor Fri, 08 May 2009 14:39:21 +0000 http://www.megantaylor.org/?p=2188#comment-60259 Aron, interesting numbers. Any theories on why Twitter skews older? Aron, interesting numbers. Any theories on why Twitter skews older?

]]> By: Aron Pilhofer http://www.megantaylor.org/wordpress/2009/05/07/who-is-twitter-for/#comment-60258 Aron Pilhofer Fri, 08 May 2009 13:29:39 +0000 http://www.megantaylor.org/?p=2188#comment-60258 I guess it depends on your definition of "old." But Twitter certainly skews older than most social networks. Some recent stats: http://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2009/Twitter-and-status-updating.aspx http://www.istrategylabs.com/twitter-2009-demographics-and-statistics/ If something called Quantcast is to be believed, more than half of all Twitter users are >= 35, versus about 8 percent for FaceBook. I guess it depends on your definition of “old.” But Twitter certainly skews older than most social networks. Some recent stats:

http://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2009/Twitter-and-status-updating.aspx

http://www.istrategylabs.com/twitter-2009-demographics-and-statistics/

If something called Quantcast is to be believed, more than half of all Twitter users are >= 35, versus about 8 percent for FaceBook.

]]> By: Megan Taylor http://www.megantaylor.org/wordpress/2009/05/07/who-is-twitter-for/#comment-60194 Megan Taylor Thu, 07 May 2009 20:11:32 +0000 http://www.megantaylor.org/?p=2188#comment-60194 <blockquote>those who have decided that Twitter (and Facebook) is a privacy-invading, child-molesting, navel-gazing waste of time</blockquote> That's pretty much how my dad feels about it. He's always asking me why I post any information about myself online. Not sure how to explain that the value returned is worth making a few holes in the privacy fence. I'm still perplexed by how teenagers perceive Twitter though, since from a non-smart phone it is pretty much the same thing as sending text messages. Twitter = text messaging with more teenagers!

those who have decided that Twitter (and Facebook) is a privacy-invading, child-molesting, navel-gazing waste of time

That’s pretty much how my dad feels about it. He’s always asking me why I post any information about myself online. Not sure how to explain that the value returned is worth making a few holes in the privacy fence.
I’m still perplexed by how teenagers perceive Twitter though, since from a non-smart phone it is pretty much the same thing as sending text messages. Twitter = text messaging with more teenagers!

]]> By: Tony Becker http://www.megantaylor.org/wordpress/2009/05/07/who-is-twitter-for/#comment-60193 Tony Becker Thu, 07 May 2009 20:05:58 +0000 http://www.megantaylor.org/?p=2188#comment-60193 As a former young person who is now an old person, I find that "only old people use it" is what teenagers typically say about any technology that is not immediately useful for them in communicating with other teenagers. I've heard the same thing said about email, telephone, chat, postcards, RSS, etc. The reality is that each method of communication has appropriate uses and less-than-appropriate uses. Twitter is really good at a certain kind of very public communication. Some kids will learn that as they get older, and some won't. What I find really irksome are those who have decided that Twitter (and Facebook) is a privacy-invading, child-molesting, navel-gazing waste of time without actually knowing anything about what it is, or how it works. Some of the people I've talked to who trumpet this opinion have lived through the adoption of other technologies (email, fax, etc) and should know better. As a former young person who is now an old person, I find that “only old people use it” is what teenagers typically say about any technology that is not immediately useful for them in communicating with other teenagers. I’ve heard the same thing said about email, telephone, chat, postcards, RSS, etc.

The reality is that each method of communication has appropriate uses and less-than-appropriate uses. Twitter is really good at a certain kind of very public communication. Some kids will learn that as they get older, and some won’t.

What I find really irksome are those who have decided that Twitter (and Facebook) is a privacy-invading, child-molesting, navel-gazing waste of time without actually knowing anything about what it is, or how it works. Some of the people I’ve talked to who trumpet this opinion have lived through the adoption of other technologies (email, fax, etc) and should know better.

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