44% of Twitter Users Have Never Tweeted 121
First time accepted submitter RileyWalz (3614865) writes "Twopcharts (a third party website that records and monitors activity on Twitter) is reporting that about 44 percent of all 947 million accounts on Twitter have never posted a single tweet. Of the 550 million users who have tweeted before, 43 percent posted their last tweet over a year ago. And only about 13.3 percent have tweeted in the last 30 days. This could be a sign of many users just signing up and forgetting about their account, or they just prefer reading other's posts. Twitter is not commenting on this data, saying that they do not talk about third-party information related to its service."
Probably typical (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:Probably typical (Score:5, Insightful)
No, what it means is that the majority of accounts are bots, created to increase follower-numbers.
In other news... (Score:5, Insightful)
In other news: 44% of Slashdot readers have never posted a single comment.
Re:Probably typical (Score:0, Insightful)
This is nothing when compared... (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:Probably typical (Score:5, Insightful)
There's a third type of person who never tweets. One that essentially uses Twitter as an RSS feed, news aggregator, and/or joke-a-day (or joke-a-five-minutes) feed. They could still be considered "active" users, in that they use the service, but don't feel the need to post.
Re:Probably typical (Score:2, Insightful)
These systems are not meant for personal emergencies. They are meant for situations that have to go out to the whole school population at once. Like weather closing/delays, or that a there is bear prowling the playground, recess is canceled (yes, I really did get a message like this once).