Comments on: Is Twitter Useless and Over-Hyped?

By: James A. Cooley

James A. Cooley — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 11:59:00 +0000

I concluded Twitter was useless and dropped it. It will tank faster than AOL when others realize that NOBODY is reading their 140 character sound bites. It is tweets by twits.

By: John S.

John S. — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 16:32:00 +0000

Perfectly said…..

By: Dete49

Dete49 — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 17:09:00 +0000

I get very little traffic from twitter and I post many times a day so to me its useless

By: Leeflang

Leeflang — Wed, 18 May 2011 00:42:00 +0000

Well I am new to Twitter, and not a blogger, but I have been encouraged to start using this medium for a course in new media at my university. It is interesting to know that Twitter is meant to be a “two-way” medium because I always just thought about it as a quicker version of Facebook status updates. I am not that active on Twitter, as in I don’t even have 100 followers/followings but I am slowly started to get the hang of it. Thanks for sharing the instructions for using Twitter.

By: brian mcdonald

brian mcdonald — Sun, 01 May 2011 16:54:00 +0000

haha yes!

By: tweet this

tweet this — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 22:09:00 +0000

Blog blog blog – huh? Businesses have websites, not blogs; not one professional business I deal with has a “blog”, and NONE have ever had any traffic increase from Twitter; most have 3 or 4 followers. It’s a pyramid scam – those at the top (that got in early) get all the “traffic” – anyone new is completely wasting their time. I’ve had a Twitter link on my site for months, also on LinkedIn. I get tons of direct contact and have ONE Twitter follower. I’ve tweeted numerous times; I’ve tried using different accounts, thinking the names I kept choosing were not right; I tried formatting my Twitter page to reflect my business (work that Twitter destroyed with the new format…not that it really mattered – the format means nothing if no one finds you).

I’ve never used “software” (or whatever you want to call Twitter) that has been more of a waste of time and energy. Well, maybe WIndowsMe runs a close second.

I’ve read 30-40 articles, a couple of books – and Twitter makes NO sense. You can’t say squat in 160 characters, so there’s no way to “hook” people via Twitter – and the “Catch 22″ is you have to get them to follow you FIRST or you’re “tweeting” to NO ONE.

Conversations? Where? NOTHING in all the stuff I read mentioned anything about where conversations exist or what they even are – and all the advice I’ve read suggests doing what this article says NOT to – advertise.

But you can’t advertise if you have no “audience”, and NOWHERE have I found any concrete, practical, useful information on how to get followers.

And if advertising is a no-no, WTF else WOULD you do with it? I’ve read about forwarding (or retweeting or some such swill) other people’s “tweets” – that’s the worst idea I’ve ever heard…if anyone EVER sent me a rehash of someone else’s “tweet” I’d stamp it Spam in a nanosecond and nuke the [person out of my digital life. Forever. I get ENOUGH Spam.

And there’s the other thing I don’t get – if you DO get a s***load of followers AND follow a s***load of other people you’ll send your entire day reading hundreds of 160-character “check this video”/”read my blog” (I don’t think I’ve ever *intentionally* read a blog, ever. I’ve read some disguised as “articles” – which is really what they were. But looking at “blog” directories, all I can say is “who cares about why you like pythons – and why you talk about it daily?”

If I had a thousand followers and was following 600 people – how would I have enough time in the day to read everyone’s “tweets” That part seems like utter BS. Unless your job is reading tweets there’s not enough time in the day. What, do companies now hire Twitter departments that do nothing but post and respond to tweets?

Not any I deal with.

I’m in a very normal, well known part of the business world – construction, and a two-product part of it. I can’t even find people related to the products/processes I deal with on Twitter except for one company – where the owner posts about his golf game. Or lets “fans” know he’s at a trade show.

WHO decided this crap was important?

So do I think Twitter is hype, and only useful to those who started it?

Yep.

By: Dan Rutledge

Dan Rutledge — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 13:09:00 +0000

The question is not really wh

By: Angelique

Angelique — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 00:50:00 +0000

I couldn’t have said it better myself! You are 105% right dude!

By: Angelique

Angelique — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 00:47:00 +0000

Well, twitter is useless. Unless you’re a celebrity, or just some famous person who people care about, there is no need for a twitter! It’s like talking to yourself. It’s very useless and dumb. Infact, all social networking sites are useless and dumb. I will NEVER deal with any of them again! lol

If I wanna make new friends, i’ll go out and do it. Or if i wanna talk with my friends and family, i have email, and a phone! Or just go to see them. Or if i wanna keep up with or track the stars life, i can go on their official website… no need for twitter, or social sites at all!!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 21:57:00 +0000

exactly john. I think the white elephant in the room would be google starting a “twitter-like” service featuring full sentences, actual lengthy posts where you can describe a product/service, then having integrated google shopping allow you to find and buy said product at the best price.

Also, why hasn’t anyone created Facebook Shopping yet?