Why Do People Use Twitter?

Posted by schaapy on Sunday January 09, 2011 @01:50PM
from the blog.downstreamapp.com dept.

http://blog.downstreamapp.com/post/2670857794/why-do-people-use-twitter

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Re:Why Do People Use Twitter? by wccrawford on Sunday January 09, 2011 @02:28PM (#2086148)

Why? Might as well ask why they go to bars, or socialize at all. If you don't get it, then nobody can answer you.

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Re:Why Do People Use Twitter? by gerrynjr on Sunday January 09, 2011 @02:38PM (#2086183)

I happen to use twitter as a live RSS replacement. For at-a-glance news and tech titles, it's great.

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Re:Why Do People Use Twitter? by schaapy on Sunday January 09, 2011 @02:50PM (#2086208)

this is pretty close to how I use it as well. It's a great way to keep up with a lot of stuff and dive deeper into the things that look interesting.

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Re:Why Do People Use Twitter? by counti8 on Sunday January 09, 2011 @02:54PM (#2086224)

Can I call this linkbait? As someone who actually spends quite a bit of time working to understand why people use Twitter, this came off more as self-promotional wankery and no discernible insight.

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