The Evolution of Twitter
I've noticed a few things about Twitter lately:
- When it exploded a few months ago A LOT of people jumped on the bandwagon. From my observations, the honeymoon has worn off for that large group of users, and most of them have all but abandoned their accounts. The people I'm actively following are more or less the people I was actively following before the boom.
- There's been a lot of experimentation with how much to tweet, what to tweet, following strategies, etc. What I'm noticing is that most "power users" (people with 100+ followers who tweet on a mostly daily basis) have solidified theirs strategies, and are actually tweeting less, but with higher quality content.
- Along that same vein, it seems like people are getting burnt out rather quickly, myself included. I need to keep my tweeting a little bit lower, just for my own sanity. I've heard many people say that they feel like it's just too much to keep up with, so they feel overwhelmed, and then just end up dropping Twitter on the side of the road.
I dont think Twitter is going away anytime soon, but I also dont think it's going to be as huge as people said it was just a few months ago. It requires more of a leap of faith than Facebook does. There is more risk involved because you're chatting mostly with people you don't necessarily know. I think people are generally going to stick with the familiar, and Facebook gives them that because it's all about people you already know.
Do you guys agree?
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