Twitter, FOMO and you.
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Thu, 11/07/2013 - 07:50
Twitter, FOMO and you.
http://metronews.ca/news/world/847045/user-burnout-could-threaten-twitte...
Is the end of Twitter nigh? Users complain of burnout By Ryan Nakashima The Associated Press Share this Article The Canadian Press A Twitter app is shown on a smartphone in Hamburg, Germany, Jan.16, 2013. LOS ANGELES, Calif. – They loved it. Now they hate it. A growing number of celebrities, athletes and self-promoters are burnt out and signing off of Twitter. Many have gotten overwhelmed. Some people built big audiences on the short messaging service only to have their followers turn against them. Others complain that tweets that once drew lots of attention now get lost in the noise. Related: •School trustee sorry for offensive tweets •Twitter picks Barclays to co-ordinate IPO trading •Going public: How Twitter’s IPO will work As Twitter Inc. begins trading publicly Thursday, the company is selling potential investors on the idea that its user base of 232 million will continue to grow along with the 500 million tweets that are sent each day. The company’s revenue depends on ads it inserts into the stream of messages. But Wall Street could lose its big bet on social media if prolific tweeters lose their voice. Evidence of Twitter burnout isn’t hard to find. Just look at the celebrities who — at one time or another — have taken a break from the service. The long list includes everyone from Alec Baldwin to Miley Cyrus to “Lost” co-creator Damon Lindelof. Actress Jennifer Love Hewitt lamented “all the negativity” she saw on the service when she quit, temporarily, in July. Actress Megan Fox left nearly a million followers dangling when she checked out in January, explaining that “Facebook is as much as I can handle.” Pop star John Mayer deleted his account in 2011, saying Twitter absorbed so much of his thinking, he couldn’t write a song. “I was a tweetaholic,” he told students during a talk at the Berklee College of Music. If Twitter turns off celebrities who have a financial incentive to stay in close contact with fans, how can the company prevent average users from becoming disenchanted? For some users, Twitter tiredness sets in slowly. At first, they enjoy seeing their tweets of 140 characters or less bounce around the Web with retweets and favourites. But new connections soon get overwhelming. Obligation sets in — not only to post more, but to reply to followers and read their tweets. Many users conclude that Twitter is a time-sucking seduction and turn away. One who calls herself patrilla$$$thrilla excitedly tweeted “first tweet, wocka wocka” just after she joined in July. On Wednesday, 161 tweets and 27 followers later, the romance was over. She quit to “fully enjoy the little details in life I miss because I’m too busy here,” she tweeted. .... more at the link.http://metronews.ca/news/world/847045/user-burnout-could-threaten-twitte...
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No? No Twitter's end isn't nigh?
Or are you just saying no to Twitter?
I've managed to avoid Twitter so far and I'm still alive.
This.
Twitter is not dying. older gamers are not indicative of the health of Twitter, lol.
i thought the article was about celebrities and athletes not gamers? I'm confused...
The article was about celbrity's who have a large monetary interest in communicating to their fans over Twitter, and are still tiring of it and taking extended breaks...IE Twitters losing it's shine....but that's just I dunno, reading an article and actually comprehending it, and communicating that to others.
Social media, like many other products or innovations out there, is probably just transitioning through the hype cycle...The critical mass of users are just settling on what it's good for/what it's not and it's falling short of original expectations.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hype_cycle
I would stay away from the Twitter IPO like it was the plague.
I have a twitter account but never post anything. No one gives a shit as to what I'm doing at any given time.
I like Twitter, but I use it as a hub for other social media (including this site). What I share on Twitter is simultaneously shared to Facebook and, if I hashtag it, it shows up on 2o2p in the news feed. I've found it useful for sharing content from myself and the other 2o2p staff, as well as the other site I write for. However, celebrities using Twitter as a contact point for fans can place them in a vulnerable position, and the possibility for a tweet to be taken out of context and going viral is a real possibility.
I mostly just subscribe to game devs, pubs and industry people. I hardly broadcast mostly because I don't think i'm so interesting that i need to share every humdrum thing i do all day long to followers. I have no idea why people follow me, but I have a few misguided souls who have clicked that 'follow' button LoL
I like Twitter as a communication tool that has the bandwidth of texting but the reach of blogging/forum posting.
It can be a great way to disseminate information [i]to people with whom you're already connected[/i]. It's less-social social media, which I enjoy.
It can also be good for content consumption; subscribing to news organizations allows you to sort through more info than headlines alone permit.
Twitter has it's place, I hope it doesn't go anywhere, and I couldn't care less if "celebrities" dropped it.
That said, man, I wish I had the money to get into that IPO on an initial purchase level. Being able to buy the original issue and sell Day 1 to the market with that increase? phew The underwriters there made a mint on the unfounded appreciation of the stock price.
What is this 'Twitter' of which you speak? Is it a new cable channel? I'm thinking of upgrading from basic and this one sounds interesting ...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyV7-4dQAvA
Twitter's made the whole notion of a RSS reader/aggregator obsolete IMO. Love it.