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Twitter is by definition viral. It passes from person to person and expands outwards as networks intersect and overlap. I always applaud Twitter getting more m
by trickjarrett 18y ago
Twitter is by definition viral. It passes from person to person and expands outwards as networks intersect and overlap.
I always applaud Twitter getting more mainstream press but the fact is that Twitter expands in a very different way than most other service sites, it's of no use to people who don't know anyone else on it. My brother and sister both got on it but I was the only person they knew on it and so they faded back off of it.
So coverage only helps name recognition and I suspect has very little in terms of direct conversion from this sort of thing.
- vaksel 18y agohow is that any different from any other social network?
- trickjarrett 18y agoBecause on others there is more to do than simply communicate. On Facebook you can find events, locations, fans, and such. On Myspace you can listen to bands and music. So there is stuff to do before you've built up a network, on Twitter it's vacuous when you don't have that many friends or people you're following.
- lallysingh 18y agoIMHO one of the main reasons Facebook got popular early was that it had photo sharing early.