DISQUS

Don Power · 8 months ago

If you wanted to advertise to these folks joining Twitter (ie: those who haven't joined yet but who are likely to follow this trend) where would be the best place to reach them? Facebook? Linkedin? Other social networks or relevant blogs?

- Don Power
@donpower

Todd M Olson · 8 months ago

I personally am not surprised. It's people trying to make a difference in their lives. I know that is what I am doing.I'm extremely upset with my Government. I'm tired of being in a never ending Police Cover Up. That I have so much proof that I know for sure my Government should put a stop to it Now! Sure their can be some doubters, but I know the things I have can do serious damage. I or any one in the United States of America should not find the things that I did find. Police officers above the Law should Never happened, but it did & I found so much Corruption that it would make the Governor from Illinois look like a saint. It completely makes me sick to know that there is that much corruption in my own Government. www.toddsappeal.com & www.toddolsonsappeal.com Tell you what prove me wrong. My email & phone No. etc. are every where.

Michael A. Stelzner · 8 months ago

Twitter rocks.

We'll see that next year this time it passes up Facebook at its current trajectory.

Mike

Adam Ostrow · 8 months ago

I'd be surprised if Twitter catches Facebook actually. Facebook is still growing quite fast given it's starting from a much bigger number. Anecdotally, Twitter also still doesn't seem to have nearly the recognition with my "non-techie/media" friends as Facebook.

Matthew Santiago Torres · 8 months ago

Dude, percent wise Twitter may by skyrocketting... But, looking at FB's growth last month FB got more NEW unique visitors than all of Twitter's unique visitors TOTAL. It's going to be a while before, if at all, they event out.

Liz · 8 months ago

So is by saying that Twitter reaches 14 million people is this saying it has 14 million users? U.S. or globally? Because the most recent guestimates have been 8-9 million in U.S. It would be so much easier if Twitter released usage data (including demographics) on a regular basis. I don't know why they are so secretive. What happened to Web2.0 transparency?

Adam Ostrow · 8 months ago

it's unique visitors, which means anyone who visits the site, including those who just stumble upon random tweets via Google search or whatever. Registered users is somewhere in the high 7-digits I believe ...

Liz · 8 months ago

Thanks, Adam!

Crash · 8 months ago

There are so many ways to fool usage measure, and everybody is using inaccurate methods because it makes them look good. As Liz asked above, what happened to Web 2.0 transparency?

Shankho Mukherjee · 8 months ago

good point, but how is twitter supposed to release demographics of its users it it doesn't own any of such data? the registration for a twitter account only consists of name, username, password and email. that's all.

Liz · 8 months ago

Well, you make a good point. Except I've seen some Twitter demographic information released (gender breakdown, average age, etc.) in the past. I'm not sure now where that came from.

Information that Twitter has released (but is out of date now) are top countries of Twitterers and most used Twitter clients (Twitter.com is still #1 followed by Tweetdeck).

mojo · 8 months ago

where does disqus fit in, it's everywhere (like here)

Don Power · 8 months ago

Mojo;

I signed up for a disqus account because I thought it was a blog auto fill thing...

But I have no idea what it is, what it does, or how to invoke it. I seem to be able to comment on this blog just fine without it...

If you can elucidate it for me, I'd appreciate it. (I never used to know what #followfriday was either until someone was kind enough to show me the rudder).

Thanks.

Don
@donpower

VizionQuest · 8 months ago

It's really interesting how most people just don't get Twitter. They just don't see the possibilities. I must admit I thought it was just another chat client or a simple status update feature that would be added to Facebook and other social networks.

Call me out of touch, but I think we are going to start seeing Facebook lose users to Twitter. It's super addicting once you finally get the concept of Twitter and how to use it.

Adam Ostrow · 8 months ago

Yea, I think that's how most everyone views Twitter when they first hear about it :-) Yet, the only reason I check Facebook is status updates. That and photos - photos might be the thing that keeps Facebook safely #1, there's a high degree of lock-in b/c of the huge galleries people have.

VizionQuest · 8 months ago

Yeah, great point Adam. Those photo albums do keep users coming back. I used to check my Facebook a couple times a day for messages, status updates, and shared content. Now however, I think I check it maybe once a day since I started using Twitter. Just not the same kind of real-time interaction in Facebook as their is in Twitter.

Shankho Mukherjee · 8 months ago

twitter is far too anonymous. how many of your followers or twitter-"friends" do you know personally?
at facebook I would only add friends that I would also trust to give me address or phone number.

twitter will never have more users than facebook.

VizionQuest · 8 months ago

Your right, Twitter is a different animal and to some extent much less personal but that can be a good thing too. That is, it lets you get out there and meet others and contribute to a conversation. Facebook doesn't allow that kind of interaction because it's too personal; you actually have to know the person ahead of time in order to befriend them. Another strong suit of Twitter's is the ability to "follow" instead of "add as friend". Facebook's way requires reciprocal befriending that's obligatory between both parties whereas Twitter doesn't require reciprocal following. So there's much less risk of getting spammed and if you are, you can simply block or unfollow that person.

As to whether Twitter will ever have more traffic than Facebook, only time will tell. However, considering that others probably thought Friendster would never be overthrown by MySpace and Facebook would have never championed, it's a realistic possibility. It seems like social networks are fashionably popular until the next better thing comes along.

Marty Kokes · 8 months ago

I'm just guessing the surge might also be related to the aftermath of SXSW

frontierblog · 8 months ago

I cannot agree more, actually I wrote a similar post weeks ago

Edward

Frontier Blog - No one ahead, no one behind
http://www.hwswworld.com/wp

Kobi Gamliel · 8 months ago

Do you think that the growth of Twitter is the main cause for Facebook strength in March?

Steve Motley · 8 months ago

Twitter and Facebook Post Huge Growth Numbers in March. Approx 14 Million on Twitter and 91 Million on FaceBook currently. Can You say Exponential Hyper-Growth?

Barbarabra · 8 months ago

I believe that it is the economy. Many companies are looking for people that have social networking skills and many career advisors are encouraging people reach out to everyone and anyone that they know in order to get the word out that they are looking for work.

santa_claus · 8 months ago

Rudolph!
Did you read this?

What do you think?
Can we deliver all our gifts this year
by Twitter?
Santa Claus
HO HO HO
PS. Have you been Naughty or Nice?

Gabe Mac · 8 months ago

Get the users and the money will follow. That's what twitter is doing and why they didn't go for the Google deal yet.

Niclas Kingston · 8 months ago

Is it possible to promote your website threw facebook or twitter without having to pay for it? If so what is the best or smartest way to succed. I find it very hard with a limited budget to spread the word about www.alltv4u.co.uk.

/ NIclas

Steven Verjans · 8 months ago

My guess would be that the number of people that visit the Twitter site is only a small fraction of those that use third-party tools (either mobile or add-ins for browsers). That's where the beauty of Twitter lies, it's cross-platform operation...

zohaibusman · 8 months ago

Twitter is super fast and the growth is superb but Twitter down time is also very super duper so now is the time to think about Fail Whale not to display again and again.
But in the end Twitter Rocks :)

Brandon R. · 8 months ago

The rising unemployment rate probably has a lot to do with it. It means there are growing numbers of people with internet access who are surfing the internet all day and able to check out the technologies being mentioned every where. And once you're on Twitter and checking all day, you no doubt see how useful it is for communication, community building, and information sharing.
-Brandon
@rubywahoo
@webyourcamp

Linda Margaret · 8 months ago

What's driving it is that both are equally good for discussing/discovering different ideas and articles. I love Twitter for the research time it saves me. I love Facebook for the online "discussion groups" that I get to create amongst my Facebook Friends.

Dave Chapman · 7 months ago

The problem we have is that everyone wants to be 'the new facebook' - although I understand and appreciate the novelty and usability of twitter I predict that it will also lose a lot of users next year due to the 'bored now' mindset.

That said, I post all new website updates to my twitter account so our users can see the daily updates to our site.

carol deckard · 7 months ago

THIS IS COOL

Todd Olson · 5 months ago

Well no one have really found me, & the things I post are extremely serious. Naming off Head Directors Government Agents. Corruption is also at a all time high. It's shocking that the people that you trust are watching over you. www.toddsappeal.com & www.toddolsonsappeal.com

Jason Collins · 3 months ago

Not all of the Facebook growth is actually NEW users. Facebook terminates user accounts regularly which causes their new subscriber numbers to be artificially inflated when those users open new accounts.