Comments on: Twitter – The Learning Curve and Real World Relevancy http://www.jennifervangrove.com/2008/04/10/twitter-the-learning-curve-and-real-world-relevancy/ I tell stories. Sat, 28 Jan 2012 15:52:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 By: The Great Twitter Debate at BarcampSD « Matt Browne of Publish Social http://www.jennifervangrove.com/2008/04/10/twitter-the-learning-curve-and-real-world-relevancy/comment-page-1/#comment-338 The Great Twitter Debate at BarcampSD « Matt Browne of Publish Social Mon, 05 May 2008 00:44:50 +0000 http://insidetherabbithole.wordpress.com/?p=128#comment-338 [...] session was inspired by Jenn’s post about the Real World Relevancy of Twitter. Possibly related posts: (automatically generated)like swimmingMicrobloggingBack on the [...] [...] session was inspired by Jenn’s post about the Real World Relevancy of Twitter. Possibly related posts: (automatically generated)like swimmingMicrobloggingBack on the [...]

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]]> By: richie edquid http://www.jennifervangrove.com/2008/04/10/twitter-the-learning-curve-and-real-world-relevancy/comment-page-1/#comment-336 richie edquid Fri, 11 Apr 2008 00:22:53 +0000 http://insidetherabbithole.wordpress.com/?p=128#comment-336 It's not the interface that could use the improvement its making the everyday person take the leap from "this application lets people text me and everyone else at the same time" to " insert everything we love about twitter here". I think there's several thresholds to pass through before someone takes on twitter. Mine was low because I"ve read up on it since it came out but just never had any friends on it. First, you need someone who's friendly with their cell phone and computer. This is a whole large chunk of people but I can still think of some friends that don't care to much about one or the other. Sadly, for the people I'm close to that don't have any social media profiles I just don't talk to them anymore! 2nd, Unlimited texting. I harp on my friends without unlimited text cause it's like an extra $10! Some people feel that if they only use a few hundred or less text why pay more. So I don't think they'd upgrade to get on twitter. 3rd, They like using technology (or anything for that matter) "outside of the box". Although twitter is easy in practice, telling someone that you can text this service to broadcast to everyone with this service your text seems like a bit much. If someone has never sent out a mass text on their phone they don't feel comfotable making Twitter do it. Some people can't wrap their heads around the idea of why they would want to do that or have their friends do that. 4th, Your own friends need to have signed up or sign up at the same time. As much as I love my tweeps ya'll aren't the people I see every weekend (not that I wouldn't mind... I tweet where I'm heading to after all!) I like joining in on the conversation or seeing what people are up to (cause I'm a nosey bastard) or clicking people's links (which is how I got here). Average person doesn't get the power in weak social ties like following almost complete strangers. So Twitter is it mainstream? No it ain't no myspace. Until I get updates on where people are club hopping on a weekend night in the gaslamp, telling me what djs suck, what lines are long, what drinks are cheap, and any suprise celebrity sightings (MOST OF THE REASONS WHY I WISH I COULD GET MY FRIENDS TO TWEET! YARRR!!!) then it ain't mainstream mainstream. It's past early adoption , but not square in the early majority. It took two years for it to get to me so I say it's going to take another 4 before I get a significant amount of people on twitter. Hmmm which gives me an idea to evagelize this to organizations to use during major events like the http://www.edpeji.com/filamfest/ 8,000 people are a lot of people to corale! But we'll see, I highly doubt it! It’s not the interface that could use the improvement its making the everyday person take the leap from “this application lets people text me and everyone else at the same time” to ” insert everything we love about twitter here”.

I think there’s several thresholds to pass through before someone takes on twitter. Mine was low because I”ve read up on it since it came out but just never had any friends on it.

First, you need someone who’s friendly with their cell phone and computer. This is a whole large chunk of people but I can still think of some friends that don’t care to much about one or the other. Sadly, for the people I’m close to that don’t have any social media profiles I just don’t talk to them anymore!

2nd, Unlimited texting. I harp on my friends without unlimited text cause it’s like an extra $10! Some people feel that if they only use a few hundred or less text why pay more. So I don’t think they’d upgrade to get on twitter.

3rd, They like using technology (or anything for that matter) “outside of the box”. Although twitter is easy in practice, telling someone that you can text this service to broadcast to everyone with this service your text seems like a bit much. If someone has never sent out a mass text on their phone they don’t feel comfotable making Twitter do it. Some people can’t wrap their heads around the idea of why they would want to do that or have their friends do that.

4th, Your own friends need to have signed up or sign up at the same time. As much as I love my tweeps ya’ll aren’t the people I see every weekend (not that I wouldn’t mind… I tweet where I’m heading to after all!) I like joining in on the conversation or seeing what people are up to (cause I’m a nosey bastard) or clicking people’s links (which is how I got here). Average person doesn’t get the power in weak social ties like following almost complete strangers.

So Twitter is it mainstream? No it ain’t no myspace. Until I get updates on where people are club hopping on a weekend night in the gaslamp, telling me what djs suck, what lines are long, what drinks are cheap, and any suprise celebrity sightings (MOST OF THE REASONS WHY I WISH I COULD GET MY FRIENDS TO TWEET! YARRR!!!) then it ain’t mainstream mainstream.

It’s past early adoption , but not square in the early majority. It took two years for it to get to me so I say it’s going to take another 4 before I get a significant amount of people on twitter.

Hmmm which gives me an idea to evagelize this to organizations to use during major events like the http://www.edpeji.com/filamfest/ 8,000 people are a lot of people to corale!

But we’ll see, I highly doubt it!

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