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I acquired a masters degree in research psychology studying it, have a number of friends quite active on it, and I still don't see the value in it.
by WalterSear 10y ago
I acquired a masters degree in research psychology studying it, have a number of friends quite active on it, and I still don't see the value in it.
- JonnieCache 10y agoWhat did you find out, if not the value?
- WalterSear 10y agoI studied how people perceive each other over twitter, specifically how inferred gender changes our perceptions of personality. I tried to design the the study to make it's results inferable to any micropublishing platform, like this one, for example. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to run the study with enough participants to get significant results, I'm afraid. Academic politics and favouritism got in the way :(
- nuex 10y agoI think it's fairly valuable for lowkey discourse, learning, awareness and inspiration. Especially cool to be able to follow anyone (friends, role models, favorite authors) and see what's on their mind and what interests them.
- WalterSear 10y agoThe bulk of a social network's value is in who is using it. Unfortunately, the medium that twitter provides is so crippled that, for me, that value is too low, no matter who I follow and interact with.
- TheAceOfHearts 10y agoI don't participate much on Twitter, but as a developer I find it's one of the easiest ways to stay up to date on what the software community is up to.
- WalterSear 10y agoI mostly follow fellow developers too, but I get most of my developer news from people's blogs and this site.