Comments on: Yikes: Twitter’s Here, There and Everywhere http://www.markevanstech.com/2009/04/05/yikes-twitters-here-there-and-everywhere/ Thoughts on Startups, Entrepreneurs and the Web Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:25:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: ed lee http://www.markevanstech.com/2009/04/05/yikes-twitters-here-there-and-everywhere/comment-page-1/#comment-170956 ed lee Mon, 06 Apr 2009 16:09:09 +0000 http://www.markevanstech.com/?p=4633#comment-170956 hi mark - excellent points. it's interesting to see how every time a new technology hits the world, people are amazed at how much it's hyped, even though the same cycle happened last time with the last big thing. there's even a name for it: the gartner hype cycle. sorry to be so self-promoting but i wrote a quick post on how the gartner hype cycle is being played out on a number of different technologies: <a href="http://tr.im/geum" target="_blank">http://tr.im/geum</a> ed hi mark – excellent points. it's interesting to see how every time a new technology hits the world, people are amazed at how much it's hyped, even though the same cycle happened last time with the last big thing.

there's even a name for it: the gartner hype cycle.

sorry to be so self-promoting but i wrote a quick post on how the gartner hype cycle is being played out on a number of different technologies:

http://tr.im/geum

ed

]]> By: markevans http://www.markevanstech.com/2009/04/05/yikes-twitters-here-there-and-everywhere/comment-page-1/#comment-170953 markevans Mon, 06 Apr 2009 15:14:35 +0000 http://www.markevanstech.com/?p=4633#comment-170953 FiredForNow, That's an interesting take on Twitter's rise in popularity. You could make the same argument for LinkedIn. FiredForNow,

That's an interesting take on Twitter's rise in popularity. You could make the same argument for LinkedIn.

]]> By: FiredForNow http://www.markevanstech.com/2009/04/05/yikes-twitters-here-there-and-everywhere/comment-page-1/#comment-170947 FiredForNow Mon, 06 Apr 2009 14:29:07 +0000 http://www.markevanstech.com/?p=4633#comment-170947 No one in the media seems to have commented on two parallel events: the huge rise in Twitter uniques from October/November on and the massive rise in unemployment. Do a Twitter search on "laid off", "lost my job", or "unemployed" and you'll see instantly what I mean. Twitter has benefited from a unique segment suddenly with far more free time and greater need of community -- having just lost their work community. ffn firedfornow.com No one in the media seems to have commented on two parallel events: the huge rise in Twitter uniques from October/November on and the massive rise in unemployment.

Do a Twitter search on "laid off", "lost my job", or "unemployed" and you'll see instantly what I mean.

Twitter has benefited from a unique segment suddenly with far more free time and greater need of community — having just lost their work community.

ffn
firedfornow.com

]]> By: markevans http://www.markevanstech.com/2009/04/05/yikes-twitters-here-there-and-everywhere/comment-page-1/#comment-170941 markevans Mon, 06 Apr 2009 13:37:21 +0000 http://www.markevanstech.com/?p=4633#comment-170941 Adam, You're right; it does seem at cross purposes to complain about being over-Twittered while helping feed the Twitter hype machine. :) Thanks for the feedback. Mark Adam,

You're right; it does seem at cross purposes to complain about being over-Twittered while helping feed the Twitter hype machine. :)

Thanks for the feedback.

Mark

]]> By: Sheldon http://www.markevanstech.com/2009/04/05/yikes-twitters-here-there-and-everywhere/comment-page-1/#comment-170862 Sheldon Mon, 06 Apr 2009 00:33:23 +0000 http://www.markevanstech.com/?p=4633#comment-170862 Twitter is amazing, and I don't think that it has peaked. I teach at a university and it's definitely the buzz these days. more and more of my students are joining on. Initially they say, "what's the point of this?", then they say, "I'm addicted." It happened to me. Twitter is amazing, and I don't think that it has peaked. I teach at a university and it's definitely the buzz these days. more and more of my students are joining on. Initially they say, "what's the point of this?", then they say, "I'm addicted." It happened to me.

]]> By: Michael Coulson http://www.markevanstech.com/2009/04/05/yikes-twitters-here-there-and-everywhere/comment-page-1/#comment-170861 Michael Coulson Mon, 06 Apr 2009 00:32:31 +0000 http://www.markevanstech.com/?p=4633#comment-170861 This sentiment strikes a chord for me. I too have been reveling in the power of twitter and, like many other social media types have gone around proselytizing the word of the tweet. But I found myself yesterday talking to a fellow musician about its power and how there were so many new ways to connect to his audience. And the look in his face said it all - he's heard it already and he's heard it all too often. He simply doesn't have the time or desire to be constantly connected. I had the same conversation with a buddy who is a journalist at the Globe and Mail. His argument, which we've all heard, is that all these tools are just creating more 24/7 work for him, and he's not paid for that time. I'm beginning to think that there will be a large and vocal resistance movement to all of this, and an increasing number of people "shutting off". If they're trying to get the word out, the web is here to stay, and they're going to need a home page. But they don't need to twitter, nor do they need a blackberry to answer emails as they arrive. I'm not sure this is going to happen immediately. I'm not sure we're at the saturation point yet. But as more tools are created and more distance appears between the ranks of the uber-connected and the less-than-connected, I foresee the pendulum swinging back. This sentiment strikes a chord for me. I too have been reveling in the power of twitter and, like many other social media types have gone around proselytizing the word of the tweet.

But I found myself yesterday talking to a fellow musician about its power and how there were so many new ways to connect to his audience. And the look in his face said it all – he's heard it already and he's heard it all too often. He simply doesn't have the time or desire to be constantly connected.

I had the same conversation with a buddy who is a journalist at the Globe and Mail. His argument, which we've all heard, is that all these tools are just creating more 24/7 work for him, and he's not paid for that time.

I'm beginning to think that there will be a large and vocal resistance movement to all of this, and an increasing number of people "shutting off". If they're trying to get the word out, the web is here to stay, and they're going to need a home page. But they don't need to twitter, nor do they need a blackberry to answer emails as they arrive.

I'm not sure this is going to happen immediately. I'm not sure we're at the saturation point yet. But as more tools are created and more distance appears between the ranks of the uber-connected and the less-than-connected, I foresee the pendulum swinging back.

]]> By: Malcolm Bastien http://www.markevanstech.com/2009/04/05/yikes-twitters-here-there-and-everywhere/comment-page-1/#comment-170858 Malcolm Bastien Sun, 05 Apr 2009 23:56:54 +0000 http://www.markevanstech.com/?p=4633#comment-170858 I would say that the mass public is getting into the honey-moon phase with Twitter now. And though I'm not pessimistic and do think that it will catch on enough to become ridiculously huge, it's giving me a sour taste in my mouth a bit whenever I think of it. I fix that by taking a sweet indulgence in looking at the ways in which real-time messaging and communication (I've been told the term micro-blogging doesn't do the movement justice) will evolve, become more open and spread. I would say that the mass public is getting into the honey-moon phase with Twitter now. And though I'm not pessimistic and do think that it will catch on enough to become ridiculously huge, it's giving me a sour taste in my mouth a bit whenever I think of it.

I fix that by taking a sweet indulgence in looking at the ways in which real-time messaging and communication (I've been told the term micro-blogging doesn't do the movement justice) will evolve, become more open and spread.

]]> By: Adam Singer http://www.markevanstech.com/2009/04/05/yikes-twitters-here-there-and-everywhere/comment-page-1/#comment-170850 Adam Singer Sun, 05 Apr 2009 21:36:22 +0000 http://www.markevanstech.com/?p=4633#comment-170850 Well Mark it takes guts to post this, as you have an entire blog devoted to Twitter - so kudos for that (it takes guts, because some might say that it is hypocritical for you to write this when you *do* in fact contribute to the buzz). With that said I agree with what you're saying, but hey the media has latched onto this for better or for worse. I would just ignore it and keep doing what you're doing. The media hypes everything and anything that gains even a little bit of a following, they did this with MySpace and Facebook. At the end of the day those who actually use the service and derive value from it will keep using it and the people there for the hype will leave. You're right, there is a lot of hype. I'd say ignoring it is the best solution and let the cheerleaders do what they do. Well Mark it takes guts to post this, as you have an entire blog devoted to Twitter – so kudos for that (it takes guts, because some might say that it is hypocritical for you to write this when you *do* in fact contribute to the buzz).

With that said I agree with what you're saying, but hey the media has latched onto this for better or for worse. I would just ignore it and keep doing what you're doing. The media hypes everything and anything that gains even a little bit of a following, they did this with MySpace and Facebook. At the end of the day those who actually use the service and derive value from it will keep using it and the people there for the hype will leave.

You're right, there is a lot of hype. I'd say ignoring it is the best solution and let the cheerleaders do what they do.

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