Comments on: Is Twitter Overrated?

By: Blair

Blair — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 00:07:07 +0000

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Totally over-rated, though useful tool. I think part of the reason for the buzz is that it is very useful for media types…but most people don’t have much use for Twitter.

By: Steve Shu

Steve Shu — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 04:21:29 +0000

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Personally, I don’t like using Twitter. The tooling is primative, and the short messages bug me. That said, a number of the blogger and people I follow are starting to use Twitter, and I need to use whatever communication mechanism they are using. I have also noticed that a good amount of postings (of people I follow as opposed to at a macro level) have shifted off of blogs to Twitter.

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By: Paul Lorinczi

Paul Lorinczi — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 15:50:08 +0000

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I think it is too soon to tell, but indications show that it can be a pretty powerful tool.

We monitor and know that we get 4% click through rates on links. Can’t say the same for some Google Ad campaigns.

Another thing, it does mimic our ADD Mobile Society. As more and more people start using mobile devices, micro-blogging will only grow.

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By: Josh

Josh — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 15:11:43 +0000

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It seems that Twitter has a hurdle ahead of it. Most of the traffic currently on Twitter seems to fall into 4 categories: Twitter self-referencing hype, personal news, advertising and traditional news. This may work for now, but when the hype and constant micro-blogging begin to dim, we’re left with only a small portion of Twitter users being effective or interesting. If the users on Twitter can help it evolve into something other than a hype-machine, I’m afraid it will go the way of MySpace. If they can transform it into a useful connection/promotional tool with long-term value it may go the way of Facebook.

So, to answer the question I think it’s currently overrated because most people aren’t using it for anything worth the hype. It’s also underrated because of the potential as a communications tool.

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