Comments on: Nielsen Report On ‘Twitter Quitters’ Study Not Accurate http://twitterforchurches.com/blog/2009/04/29/nielsen-report-on-twitter-quitters-study-not-accurate/ Helping Churches Leverage Twitter Wed, 10 Jun 2009 03:59:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Anthony Coppedge http://twitterforchurches.com/blog/2009/04/29/nielsen-report-on-twitter-quitters-study-not-accurate/comment-page-1/#comment-137 Anthony Coppedge Wed, 29 Apr 2009 22:35:07 +0000 http://twitterforchurches.com/blog/?p=245#comment-137 Les, once most people set up their picture and background on Twitter.com, they're done. The point of Twitter, really, is simple texting of one to many or one to one - on your cell phone. Once it's set up, most people use their cell phone as their primary method of using Twitter. For the power users, heck, we're ALL running a desktop app. I'm not saying that their numbers are totally off - but that there's a large chunk of folks that are either mobile only or use a combo of mobile and 3rd party desktop app to manage Twitter. Their study IGNORED those groups, which is why I say it's flawed. Are there people who used it once and walked away? Of course. Heck, I was one of those people. But I came back once I got past the incorrect notion that Twitter was mostly pointless conversation. Once I came back and tried it again (months later), I saw the validity. It makes me wonder how many other people will go through the same experience and obviously alter the Nielsen report conclusions? - Anthony Les, once most people set up their picture and background on Twitter.com, they’re done. The point of Twitter, really, is simple texting of one to many or one to one – on your cell phone. Once it’s set up, most people use their cell phone as their primary method of using Twitter. For the power users, heck, we’re ALL running a desktop app. I’m not saying that their numbers are totally off – but that there’s a large chunk of folks that are either mobile only or use a combo of mobile and 3rd party desktop app to manage Twitter. Their study IGNORED those groups, which is why I say it’s flawed.

Are there people who used it once and walked away? Of course. Heck, I was one of those people. But I came back once I got past the incorrect notion that Twitter was mostly pointless conversation. Once I came back and tried it again (months later), I saw the validity. It makes me wonder how many other people will go through the same experience and obviously alter the Nielsen report conclusions?
- Anthony

]]> By: Les Brown http://twitterforchurches.com/blog/2009/04/29/nielsen-report-on-twitter-quitters-study-not-accurate/comment-page-1/#comment-136 Les Brown Wed, 29 Apr 2009 20:55:23 +0000 http://twitterforchurches.com/blog/?p=245#comment-136 While you are correct in stating that a large number of twitter users don't use twitter's site for day-to-day use, at some point they all have to go back to the main site for some reason don't they? Most of the twitter apps I've used won't let you change your profile picture or other profile information. Sooner or later I find myself going back to the mothership - twitter.com/lesbrown - for some reason. It seems to me that if people are signing up and NEVER coming back, that their study is valid. While you are correct in stating that a large number of twitter users don’t use twitter’s site for day-to-day use, at some point they all have to go back to the main site for some reason don’t they? Most of the twitter apps I’ve used won’t let you change your profile picture or other profile information. Sooner or later I find myself going back to the mothership – twitter.com/lesbrown – for some reason. It seems to me that if people are signing up and NEVER coming back, that their study is valid.

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