Twitter ‘Not Actually Better Than Sliced Bread’

A team of researchers at Harvard has found that Twitter is not, as has previously been reported, the greatest invention since waffles.

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In the study, they found that only 10% of users, or Twits generate over 90% of its content, with over half of users only updating their pages once every 74 days. This compares to an average social networking site where the top 10% of users account for 30% of its content.

Recent research by Nielsen also found that Twitter has one of the lowest return user rates of any networking site, with 60% of Twits in the US failing to return the following month.

Bill Heil, a Harvard Business School graduate who conducted the research explained, ”The Harvard data says very, very few people tweet and the Nielsen data says very, very few people listen consistently”

Twits everywhere will undoubtedly be disappointed to learn that no one is actually listening to them.

via: BBC

Americans Now 83% More Productive At Wasting Time

A study by Nielsen Online has found that use of social networking sites by Americans has risen by 83 per cent in the past year, in a report released yesterday.

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Facebook was the most popular stalking networking site, with 13.9 billion minutes spent on the service in April this year – an increase of 700 per cent from April 2008. 

Celebrity-haunt Twitter also enjoyed a meteoric rise of 3,712 per cent in minutes spent on the site, up to 300 million, from last years 7.8 million minutes.

Meanwhile, former king of procrastination MySpace saw its usage drop by almost one third to 4.9 million. 

Sucks for you, News Corp.

via: Xinhuanet

Millions of Britons Forced To Waste Lives Slightly More Slowly

Slow internet is still the number one cause of throwingpcsoutthewindow-ism

Residents of approximately three million homes in Britain suffer the indignation of a slow broadband connection every day, according to research commissioned by the BBC. 

The speedily-challenged areas, branded ‘notspots’ can not only be found in remote areas that nobody cares about, but also around major cities and suburban neighbourhoods.

The co-founder of broadband comparison sight SamKnows.com, who compiled the damning maps of speed-deficient areas, Alex Salter said that poor internet connection had negative repercussions for both the consumers and businesses. Some people are unable to shop online, or even view networking sites such as Facebook or Twitter. Other poor souls can not even watch BBC iPlayer. Oh the humanity!

Salter adds that improving internet speeds to enable more flexibility with working “offers a very real way to improve society”.

via: The Guardian