http://socialmediatoday.com/index.php?q=SMC/72690
The author of this article clearly has a negative view of Twitter. He does have some good points that I agree with.
I especially like “Nobody is listening, even fewer people care” and “It feels like a two-way connection but it’s not.”
I don’t…
The lack of conversation that you pointed out in Twitter is really interesting. I think it really depends on the user and their followers, though. Some people constantly use @replies when they tweet, and thus have many conversations and interactions with those who follow them. Some use so many @replies that it would almost seem as though they could accomplish the same thing via text. The difference, I feel, is that Twitter requires much less of an obligation to reply right away. However, as you said, there are also many users who simply post statements without much conversation.
It’s also really hard to tell when people are actually reading our tweets or not. I agree that more often than not it feels like they aren’t. Unless you receive an @reply, RT, or have your tweet favorited, there really isn’t much of a way to gauge if people are indeed reading what you share, which at times can make it seem pointless.
