And the survey said:
- I have no need for your micro news. I hope the cat gets it. 46%
- Stand in awe: I am master of the 140 character haiku. 35%
- As soon as I start a Facebook page and figure out what Tumblr is, I’ll get around to doing this. 7%
The “Other” category accounted for 12% of the vote. Answers ranged around the field, but this option was mostly used to further express great distaste for the service–pretty much summed up by this one: “More to feed the obsessive-compulsive loop? No. Please, no.”
Meanwhile, the media kept up its Twitter love and expressed its concern for Twitter hate. As for me, I’m loving seeing what friends and colleagues around the globe or doing and thinking on occasion, but am still not feeling prepared to wade into the pool quite yet myself. Count me reluctant.
Are you downplaying the closeness of these results? It seems to me that the percentage of people who dislike the idea of Twitter is not too far off at all from the percentage of people who like it + the percentage of people who presumably are ambivalent (haven’t gotten around to it yet) + whatever percentage of “Other” is not negative.
Molly says: Not meaning to downplay at all. It was really close!
And I hear handing performers scores etched onto stone tablets is all the rage. 😉 Maybe this recent NY Times article will help put things in perspective? http://tinyurl.com/csy22g
Molly adds: Indeed. Like most inventions, any technology can be used for good or ill. I think Amanda’s brilliant analysis of the YouTube Symphony spells this out in technicolor.