Cheers,
- Cooper

Cheers,
- Cooper

Finally, a clear system-level explanation of why Twitter feels “strange”. For example, why do I get followed by people who can't possibily have any interest in me? Why do companies follow me? Why do they like Twitter so much? How can people follow 5 or 10K users? The answer to all of these questions is now clear: most people don't tweet, so they are safe to follow – they won't flood your timeline.

Now the question is: do people who don't tweet even read other people's tweets (gut feeling: no, they don't). In fact, Twitter feels to me like one of those cheap trade fairs for indie rock bands: bands giving demos to other bands, with no buyer in sight. Of course, I may be wrong and too emotionally tied to the notion of virtual community à la Rheingold.

I found you through Alberto D'Ottavi's blog. Congratulations and thanks for your work.

” More than 1/3 of Twitter users have not posted a single tweet, and almost 80 percent of the users have less than 10 tweets (i.e., while Twitter is billed as a great collaboration tool, a large number of users are there to consume content, not distribute it).

Approximately 30 percent of Twitter users do not have any
followers, and 80 percent of Twitter users have less than 10 followers
(i.e., for many users, their posts are not being widely tracked or
read).”