There is no question that the social communications tool Twitter has hit a tipping point. In the past two weeks, everyone from Wall Street Journal reporters to Ellen DeGeneres have been talking about the implications of Twitter’s 140-character updates.
Even more established social communications tools Facebook and LinkedIn have been forced to react to Twitter’s rapid growth. This week, Facebook upgraded its home page to offer a Twitter-like approach to instant updates, and LinkedIn has started offering the ability to provide status updates.
Interestingly, two-thirds of the world’s Intern
et population who visit social networking or blogging sites account for almost 10 percent of all Internet time, according to a new Nielsen report. Given this, will Facebook and Twitter quickly become today’s version of yesterday’s newswire?
For more on this topic and to see the visual results of my findings on the subject, visit the guest post on TrackVia's blog. Check TrackVia's blog for updates and an upcoming community project to help boost the awareness of media on Twitter.
Note: There will be a nice incentive to rally the troops in getting the community project off and running. Stay tuned...
