tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24784219.post1817900979819186813..comments2024-03-06T03:58:39.540-06:00Comments on The Viral Garden: Is Twitter Twittering Out?Mack Collierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02723628321171539590noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24784219.post-14777359099191078992007-05-10T10:40:00.000-05:002007-05-10T10:40:00.000-05:00The best explanation I heard of what Twitter is "p...The best explanation I heard of what Twitter is "passing notes" like in class. I've notice that females are using Twitter extensively in my friends network.<BR/><BR/>Other than that, I see it as a huge time drain.Kerry Woohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17519555842802288329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24784219.post-90804965958909848352007-05-07T10:58:00.000-05:002007-05-07T10:58:00.000-05:00Mack,You know, I just never got (and still don't) ...Mack,<BR/><BR/>You know, I just never got (and still don't) Twitter. I could never answer the question why?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24784219.post-11233988413627632362007-05-05T11:10:00.000-05:002007-05-05T11:10:00.000-05:00I really am enjoying Jaiku since I've built a plug...I really am enjoying <A HREF="http://www.jaiku.com" REL="nofollow">Jaiku</A> since I've built a plugin that posts my latest on my blog sidebar.<BR/><BR/>Perhaps some of Twitter's issues are that competition is creeping in.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24784219.post-72576764955213913352007-05-05T10:18:00.000-05:002007-05-05T10:18:00.000-05:00If you look at the traffic chart, Twitter surged f...If you look at the traffic chart, Twitter surged for about a 7-10 day period in March. This almost perfectly correlates with Twitter's sponsorship at SXSW. Since then, traffic has more or less flatlined. That suggests that the traffic surge was driven by hype, not the service itself.<BR/><BR/>Now if Twitter adds some functionality that betters the service, that could boost traffic again. But if the service stays in its current form, I wouldn't be shocked to see traffic start to fall in the coming months. My guess is that eventually traffic will fall down to a level that's a bit above it's pre-SXSW levels.Mack Collierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02723628321171539590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24784219.post-46745258771051421242007-05-05T02:33:00.000-05:002007-05-05T02:33:00.000-05:00"I think by now, most people that are going to pic..."I think by now, most people that are going to pick up on the site have started using it."<BR/><BR/>Too soon to be making that call. While I'm not advocate nor anti-Twitter, I think it's important to look at all adoption rates of all technologies (they all climb and fall..sometimes they even out, other times they fizzle out). <BR/><BR/>The 'net climbed like crazy and then the bubble burst and yet users came on like droves after that. I guess my points is that it's not yet time to make a call on broadcast SMS technology (or its main brand, Twitter) is all.<BR/><BR/>Have you seen Rohit's great post on the marketing uses thereof: <BR/><BR/>http://rohitbhargava.typepad.com/weblog/2007/04/a_few_nonboring.html<BR/><BR/>P.S.: I like your idea on search capabilities...you should submit the recc to them ;-).<BR/><BR/>P.P.S.: You might check out Twit's cousin Jaiku, too. Some interesting 'streaming' functionalities.<BR/><BR/>Not sure if your blog platform will take that above link.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com