Twitter–Essential Tool or Passing Fancy?

by Shawn Stroud ~ June 24th, 2009. Filed under: General.

Twitter, it seems we hear about it everywhere now. With all its exposure, you’d think it was one of greatest tech offerings ever - an essential part of millions of peoples’ lives the world over.

However, a recent study by Purewire (a Web security firm that operates TweetGrade) suggests that while millions visit Twitter.com, the number of active users may be much less.

According to the study:
- 80% of Twitter users have fewer than 10 followers
- 30% have no followers at all
- 40% have never sent a Tweet 

Furthermore, a Harvard Business School study points out that 10% of Twitter users produce 90% of all Tweets.

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