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Answer = Oprah factor She did a terrible job using / teaching her audience about it, and all the moms at home give it a shot, don't get any value out of it, an

Answer = Oprah factor She did a terrible job using / teaching her audience about it, and all the moms at home give it a shot, don't get any value out of it, and quit. Not to single out just Oprah, celebrities in general have done a great job decreasing the value.

mr_justin 17y ago
It's funny you mention the "Oprah factor". I'd been feeling more and more skeptical about twitter the days leading up to the day Oprah showed up there. That was the peak of the celebrity wave, and it completely did me in. That night I deleted my twitter account. I still use the the API+Search to track what my close friends are saying, but have no interest in posting updates any longer.
- ryanwaggoner 17y ago
  Ummm...what? What difference does it make how many celebrities are on there, especially if you're still using Search to track your friends?
  - mr_justin 17y ago
    I wasn't using search before, maybe I said that wrong. Before, I had an account and followed more people than I cared to keep up with (the you follow me, I follow you problem) then the celebrities came and really turned me off. So I deleted my account and now use specialized searches through the API to just show me what my close friends who use twitter are up to.
    - ryanwaggoner 17y ago
      Twitter has a pretty good specialized search for what your friends are up to: Twitter :) Why didn't you just unfollow the people you don't want to hear from?
      - mr_justin 17y ago
        I like to be able to stop "following" somebody without them being aware of it. I like following to work like RSS. Only I know who I am watching.
potatolicious 17y ago
To be fair, most of Oprah's viewership are not tech-savvy enough to "grok" Twitter in the first place. There's a certain cultural demographic that it appeals to, and soccer moms generally don't fit this.
- menloparkbum 17y ago
  most of Oprah's viewership are not tech-savvy enough to "grok" Twitter in the first place I don't buy that. If anything the uptake I see in Twitter is nearly ALL people nerds would describe as "not tech-savvy." The nerds I know are all haughty and dismissive of Twitter. Most of the people I know on Twitter do not work in the tech industry, nor are they programmers or any other type of self-described "tech savvy" person. At this point in history I'm not sure if it still makes sense to brand anyone as not tech-savvy enough to use something on the internet. Everyone in the developed world uses the internet all the time. My grandma has used email for 15 years. My mom has an iPhone and is in charge of curating her work's wiki. My 16 year old cheerleader cousin is on FB, MySpace, five IM networks, sends 4000 text messages a month, etc. The us vs. the not-tech-savvy attitude is a bit archaic at this point.
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- axod 17y ago
  OTOH, they will instantly get the facebook stream.

mr_justin 17y ago

It's funny you mention the "Oprah factor". I'd been feeling more and more skeptical about twitter the days leading up to the day Oprah showed up there. That was the peak of the celebrity wave, and it completely did me in. That night I deleted my twitter account. I still use the the API+Search to track what my close friends are saying, but have no interest in posting updates any longer.

ryanwaggoner 17y ago
Ummm...what? What difference does it make how many celebrities are on there, especially if you're still using Search to track your friends?
- mr_justin 17y ago
  I wasn't using search before, maybe I said that wrong. Before, I had an account and followed more people than I cared to keep up with (the you follow me, I follow you problem) then the celebrities came and really turned me off. So I deleted my account and now use specialized searches through the API to just show me what my close friends who use twitter are up to.
  - ryanwaggoner 17y ago
    Twitter has a pretty good specialized search for what your friends are up to: Twitter :) Why didn't you just unfollow the people you don't want to hear from?
    - mr_justin 17y ago
      I like to be able to stop "following" somebody without them being aware of it. I like following to work like RSS. Only I know who I am watching.

potatolicious 17y ago

To be fair, most of Oprah's viewership are not tech-savvy enough to "grok" Twitter in the first place. There's a certain cultural demographic that it appeals to, and soccer moms generally don't fit this.

menloparkbum 17y ago
most of Oprah's viewership are not tech-savvy enough to "grok" Twitter in the first place I don't buy that. If anything the uptake I see in Twitter is nearly ALL people nerds would describe as "not tech-savvy." The nerds I know are all haughty and dismissive of Twitter. Most of the people I know on Twitter do not work in the tech industry, nor are they programmers or any other type of self-described "tech savvy" person. At this point in history I'm not sure if it still makes sense to brand anyone as not tech-savvy enough to use something on the internet. Everyone in the developed world uses the internet all the time. My grandma has used email for 15 years. My mom has an iPhone and is in charge of curating her work's wiki. My 16 year old cheerleader cousin is on FB, MySpace, five IM networks, sends 4000 text messages a month, etc. The us vs. the not-tech-savvy attitude is a bit archaic at this point.
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axod 17y ago
OTOH, they will instantly get the facebook stream.