To hear some people tell it, social sites like Facebook and Twitter are on the wane. Cringely thinks they're just getting warmed up.
The death of social media is upon us. How do I know this? I read it on the InterWebs.
Let's start with a report by the BBC about a study of random tweets by Pear Analytics, which shows some 40 percent of all content on Twitter is "pointless babble."
To which the obvious reply: Only 40 percent?
Pear conducted this study by dipping into the tweet stream every 30 minutes over a two-week period, and then placing each tweet into one of six categories. Number two behind "babble" was "conversational" (37.5 percent), as in the "I just had a tuna melt and it sure was yummy"; in the third slot at just under 9 percent were tweets containing useful info or links, followed by self-promotional (6 percent) tweets and spam (4 percent).
More: http://pcworld.com/article/170462/
The death of social media is upon us. How do I know this? I read it on the InterWebs.
Let's start with a report by the BBC about a study of random tweets by Pear Analytics, which shows some 40 percent of all content on Twitter is "pointless babble."
To which the obvious reply: Only 40 percent?
Pear conducted this study by dipping into the tweet stream every 30 minutes over a two-week period, and then placing each tweet into one of six categories. Number two behind "babble" was "conversational" (37.5 percent), as in the "I just had a tuna melt and it sure was yummy"; in the third slot at just under 9 percent were tweets containing useful info or links, followed by self-promotional (6 percent) tweets and spam (4 percent).
More: http://pcworld.com/article/170462/