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Re: The Web in Numbers: Twitter’s Phenomenal Growth Suddenly Stops

CathyWebSavvyPR — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 12:04:43 -0000

I agree with you on this one - so much media hype the month before leads to a return to normal growth patters. Also, I wonder if some of these numbers could be Twitter beginning to crack down on spammers and deleting bogus accounts. I doubt that that could account for these kind of numbers, but, it is a factor that has not been mentioned.

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rockbandpromotion — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 08:37:23 -0000

I agree with this 100%. Combined with the fact that there are better social networkings such as facebook and myspace, Twitter is going to only appeal to a certain group, mostly of older people, since twitter is mainly promoted on news programs and other media shows. Most younger people will stick with either Facebook or Myspace.

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James — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 12:53:52 -0000

Finally...i'm sick of these stupid websites.

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Ne — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 20:41:30 -0000

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Mara Lewis — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 14:55:44 -0000

Does anyone know what percentage of college students are using Twitter?

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Sahus — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 17:47:43 -0000

I heard that twitter was having an issue with users creating accounts then not re-visiting them. They need to pull people in through reminders or some other method. Plus unlike facebook all my friends under 30 do not use twitter so in simple it says people don't understand it or just don't have don't get tweeting. Users under 30 want to play games, watch videos interact with friends and live chat etc. I can't see twitter following suit.

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Sahus — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 17:46:32 -0000

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Dinosaur — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 14:23:44 -0000

Me personally, I don't get it. Chat Rooms, shouts and IM's have been around for years. Same with Bulletin Boards, Forums and Blogs. What's the dif? You text somebody's phone to talk to them? Ya gotta phone in your hand...talk!! RSS: Internet Explorer had "Push" channels in IE 4, what's the difference? Yahoo gave you the website they wanted to, Google gives you the ads! Progress?

Re: The Web in Numbers: Twitter’s Phenomenal Growth Suddenly Stops

Faisal Laljee — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 16:31:14 -0000

This could be because most of the regular Twitter users end up using clients like Twitterific, Tweet Deck or Nambu.

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Chris — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 12:45:16 -0000

Using Quantcast to validate Compete's numbers? Not sure that instills much confidence in the conclusions . What does Hitwise data show?

Re: The Web in Numbers: Twitter’s Phenomenal Growth Suddenly Stops

Ryan Cunningham — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 13:00:21 -0000

Everything has it saturation point not matter product or Fad, but the fact remains twitter has spawned a whole new arena for all internet marketers and socialites alike, it will continue to grow and be used to the max. Twitter is the new wave of internet viral marketing on steroids that's for sure, its the numbers game same as all the rest, although this report is very interesting.
To all a great and profitable day. Ryan www.constructmedia.com

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Re: The Web in Numbers: Twitter’s Phenomenal Growth Suddenly Stops

Kevin Shaum — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 04:26:35 -0000

Seems more likely to be that March and April represent a spike from Ashton/CNN and Oprah, while May represents a return to the pre-existing slower-growth trend.

Just eyeballing the chart, that's what it looks like to me: draw a smooth curve forward based on the pre-March numbers, and March and April look out of line, while May looks about right.

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adult — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 19:43:46 -0000

Well, um, with the rise of apps for twitter I rarely sign-in. Most of my followers are using other apps as well to post to Twitter. People are just getting more savvy when it comes to Twitter.

This article screams "alarmist" or "the boat is sinking".

I stopped reading Techcrunch for this B.S. reporting. Don't make me stop reading you as well.

http://twitter.com/adult

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igruber — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 17:39:28 -0000

Calculating Twitter usage should incorporate website statistics from Twitter.com and Twitter API usage.

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HotForWords — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 16:39:25 -0000

These post that claim a slowdown in Twitter growth are so far off the mark, since I never log on to Twitter.. I use apps. Notice how Twitter doesn't defend themselves.. it's better to grow stealthily!

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blog364 — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 16:17:21 -0000

Numbers, numbers, numbers... WITHOUT significant revenue (or a path to it), this numbers mean very little. May be someone can come up with an equation that takes into account: value proposition, # of users, adoption, penetration, "disruptive" force, etc. to be able to "quantify" how much revenue "X" service should be generating. Then we can apply this equation across the board to all Social Networks and see how they REALLY compare!

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Tedel — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 15:49:38 -0000

Well, this seems to proof that Twitter is a great loss of time, like many people state.

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swag — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 14:50:05 -0000

Uh oh. Lone basket: some eggs might be cheating on you.

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hamzadavis — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 12:17:30 -0000

Apps/Smapps....This article is only a precursor for twitter apps et all to combine forces since we will ALL be on one platform eventually....

Re: The Web in Numbers: Twitter’s Phenomenal Growth Suddenly Stops

Gordon McMilln — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 11:26:54 -0000

I'm not a twitter fan. Got on and don't use it. I definitely see it's application, but the hysteria around it is convincing many of our corporate advertising clients to expect more from Twitter than it can deliver. The real question is whether some powerful Twitter apps start to catch fire. We will continue to recommend clients look at Twitter, but frankly, the jury is still out on whether the service is starting to plateau and will have limited, but specific application.

Re: The Web in Numbers: Twitter’s Phenomenal Growth Suddenly Stops

Rainer Eschen — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 10:55:34 -0000

The real question is: are all these numbers already an indication for a successful business model? If problogger tells me that he did a sales pitch for his new book on Facebook with several 1000s friends and there was no real earning, but in other cases the sales rocked. What does this mean?

Re: The Web in Numbers: Twitter’s Phenomenal Growth Suddenly Stops

Doubledown Tandino — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 10:44:08 -0000

zOMG! shocking! Oprah doesn't tweet a KFC coupon and Ashton has better things to do (like a career or his wife).

Can't wait to see the 20+ articles that come from mashable reporting the steady slope downfall of Twitter over the course of the rest of 2009

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Sash — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 10:40:42 -0000

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Re: The Web in Numbers: Twitter’s Phenomenal Growth Suddenly Stops

conflictinthesky — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 10:13:01 -0000

is this really shocking? We use twitter, but come on, this is the most overrated site out right now.