How many people in the US are on Twitter?
According to SmartBrief, 'Twitter usage exploded in 2009. U.S. site traffic, which is only a partial barometer of how many people used the service, grew from a few million unique monthly visitors in early 2009 to more than 20 million by June. Traffic has since reached a plateau, but other usage metrics continue to show high levels of engagement in early 2010. The service is now well integrated into the social-media mainstream, and usage levels are expected to continue rising, albeit more moderately, through 2012. To find out more about digital marketing and eMarketer's report "Twitter: A Strong Current in the Social Media Mainstream," click here.'
Another important factor to consider is how active all of those accounts are. The distribution of Twitter posts is pretty interesting to read about. From what I've read, the great majority of tweets come from a very small but vocal minority, and the majority of accounts in the system only post once or twice a month.
I'm not sure how it happened, but recently I got an unsolicited email from someone who wanted me to follow him on twitter - so I went to look at his page, and all this posts were just about wanting more followers.
I just don't really know about that site, it seems like the signal-to-noise ratio is so low that it's not even worth bothering. But maybe I'm just cynical.
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Posted by: Bay Area Web Design | June 10, 2010 at 12:10 PM