STUDY: TWITTER POSTS ARE POINTLESS
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
If you've been on Twitter you already know that most of the things people post are completely pointless. Now, a new study confirms it.
Pear Analytics studies Twitter messages and found that less than 10 percent of them contained any kind of valuable information.
40.5% classified as "pointless babble"
37.5% were considered "conversation"
8.7% contained "pass-along value"
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posted by jc @ 10:03 AM,
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