Posts Tagged ‘twitter’
Wondering which social network to use?
February 17th, 2010 | 
Author: If you use Gmail, you may have received an invite to Google Buzz (and then got completely freaked out by the privacy issues that almost immediately followed). I took a look at Buzz, and frankly couldn’t see the difference between Buzz and Twitter. Happily, Lifehacker has created a handy chart to help explain the differences (and similarities) between Google Buzz, Twitter and Facebook.
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Super Twitter and Facebook guides
If you ever need to show a patron or coworker (or family member or friend) how to use Facebook or Twitter, be sure to have these Mashable guidebooks handy! Each guidebook goes into nice detail (in a nice, accessible FAQ style) on a variety of topics from the basic (setting up an account) to more advanced features (sharing music or video, hiding Facebook notifications). Why reinvent the wheel with great tools like these around? Oh, and while you’re at it, subscribe to Mashable’s RSS feed – you’ll find tons of great info to be discovered.
Thanks to Stephen’s Lighthouse for the lead.
Who tweets?
In case you missed it, check out this report on who is using Twitter. The surprise (to me): it’s not teenagers. The biggest group of users is the 25 to 54 years old crowd. Here’s a post that may help explain why.
But wait! Here’s an alternative view. So maybe teens do tweet! As usual, read all the info and make your own determinations.
And since we’re on a report role, check out this Pew Internet Life & American Life report on the audience for online video-sharing sites. 62% more adults visited online video sharing sites in 2009, up from just 33% in 2006.
Who uses Twitter?
A new Pew Internet publication looks at how Americans use social network sites like Twitter to keep friends, family and/or total strangers updated about their lives. As of Dec 2008, 11% of online American adults have used a microblogging service like Twitter. Not surprisingly, age has a lot to do with who “tweets.” From the publication’s summary:
“Twitter and similar services have been most avidly embraced by young adults.3 Nearly one-in-five (19%) online adults ages 18 to 24 have ever used Twitter and its ilk, as have 20% of online adults ages 25 to 34. Use of these services drops off steadily after age 35 with 10% of 35-to-44 year-olds and 5% of those ages 45 to 54 using Twitter. The decline is even more stark among older internet users; 4% of 55-to-64 year olds and 2% of those age 65 and older use Twitter.
You can follow Infopeople at infotweets.
Blogroll Gleanings
Over on our 23 Web 2.0 Things blog we’re maintaining a blogroll as a diary of each participants’ work on the 23 things. There are almost 200 blogs! I will be highlighting some of the really interesting posts as I run across them.
Today’s is from Siegel’s Droppings and is on how Twitter has to have a critical mass of friends or co-workers to become a useful communications tool. Check it out at Others looking at Twitter.
