Comments on: Weak Ties Hamper Twitter’s Young Users http://blog.ogilvypr.com/2009/08/weaks-ties-hamper-twitters-young-users/ An Exploration of What Influences Us Sat, 11 Feb 2012 15:45:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: jmnpug25 http://blog.ogilvypr.com/2009/08/weaks-ties-hamper-twitters-young-users/comment-page-1/#comment-48683 jmnpug25 Sun, 30 Aug 2009 16:52:42 +0000 http://blog.ogilvypr.com/?p=2192#comment-48683 yea i dont think teen should be on twitter....keep them off, yea i dont think teen should be on twitter….keep them off,

]]> By: Brad Hart http://blog.ogilvypr.com/2009/08/weaks-ties-hamper-twitters-young-users/comment-page-1/#comment-48650 Brad Hart Wed, 26 Aug 2009 17:33:38 +0000 http://blog.ogilvypr.com/?p=2192#comment-48650 Your conclusions are terrible and based on incomplete data that others already mashed up and regurgitated. Start looking up teen users on twitter and look at who they are in contact with i.e. other teens for the actual answers. They tweet, but they do so most often in closed circles by locking their accounts. Your conclusions are terrible and based on incomplete data that others already mashed up and regurgitated.

Start looking up teen users on twitter and look at who they are in contact with i.e. other teens for the actual answers. They tweet, but they do so most often in closed circles by locking their accounts.

]]> By: Tracy De Cicco http://blog.ogilvypr.com/2009/08/weaks-ties-hamper-twitters-young-users/comment-page-1/#comment-48496 Tracy De Cicco Sun, 09 Aug 2009 18:11:12 +0000 http://blog.ogilvypr.com/?p=2192#comment-48496 I agree with Andrew Hedges: Who is studying this in a real research sense? I agree with Andrew Hedges: Who is studying this in a real research sense?

]]> By: thechangefactor http://blog.ogilvypr.com/2009/08/weaks-ties-hamper-twitters-young-users/comment-page-1/#comment-48488 thechangefactor Sun, 09 Aug 2009 00:06:32 +0000 http://blog.ogilvypr.com/?p=2192#comment-48488 Good opinion piece. You could also say that this points to some of the mixed use of twitter by non-teens. Twitter has a lot of non-teens who use it as a form of social networking and not for "the new, novel ideas that I haven’t yet encountered" as you put it. Teens are clear that Facebook & Bebo, Myspace etc are for social networking, so they dont need twitter. Of course if non-teens stopped using twitter for social networking and more for sharing ideas then perhaps the followers who are there for less savoury reasons may leave twitter alone too! Good opinion piece. You could also say that this points to some of the mixed use of twitter by non-teens. Twitter has a lot of non-teens who use it as a form of social networking and not for “the new, novel ideas that I haven’t yet encountered” as you put it. Teens are clear that Facebook & Bebo, Myspace etc are for social networking, so they dont need twitter. Of course if non-teens stopped using twitter for social networking and more for sharing ideas then perhaps the followers who are there for less savoury reasons may leave twitter alone too!

]]> By: Andrew Hedges http://blog.ogilvypr.com/2009/08/weaks-ties-hamper-twitters-young-users/comment-page-1/#comment-48486 Andrew Hedges Sat, 08 Aug 2009 22:33:33 +0000 http://blog.ogilvypr.com/?p=2192#comment-48486 @Jason, I think the point is, we don't have to *try* to keep teens off Twitter. They naturally don't find it useful. This is the best explanation I've seen of the dearth of teens on Twitter. It's got face validity, if nothing else. Is anyone studying this in a systematic (ie. statistically valid) way? @Jason, I think the point is, we don’t have to *try* to keep teens off Twitter. They naturally don’t find it useful.

This is the best explanation I’ve seen of the dearth of teens on Twitter. It’s got face validity, if nothing else. Is anyone studying this in a systematic (ie. statistically valid) way?

]]> By: Mark Drapeau http://blog.ogilvypr.com/2009/08/weaks-ties-hamper-twitters-young-users/comment-page-1/#comment-48485 Mark Drapeau Sat, 08 Aug 2009 21:58:12 +0000 http://blog.ogilvypr.com/?p=2192#comment-48485 Yes. Completely agree. I tried to get this across in an interview with WUSA 9 on this topic. By the way, probably the best thing I've read from the Ogilvy "Digital Influence" group. Yes. Completely agree. I tried to get this across in an interview with WUSA 9 on this topic.

By the way, probably the best thing I’ve read from the Ogilvy “Digital Influence” group.

]]> By: Jason http://blog.ogilvypr.com/2009/08/weaks-ties-hamper-twitters-young-users/comment-page-1/#comment-48477 Jason Fri, 07 Aug 2009 15:27:48 +0000 http://blog.ogilvypr.com/?p=2192#comment-48477 Insightful stuff, and definitely true. Now, how do we KEEP the teens off twitter? Insightful stuff, and definitely true.

Now, how do we KEEP the teens off twitter?

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