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Re: Twitter’s cost in productivity? Zero

mathewi — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 09:26:02 -0000

A fair point, Pat. You may not have said Twitter was a waste of time,
but unless I'm mistaken, the whole point of your post was to put a
dollar value on lost productivity as a result of Twitter use, so I
think the implication is obvious.

Re: Twitter’s cost in productivity? Zero

buckpost — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 09:13:42 -0000

I suspect what people are doing when they Twitter is taking time from other non-productive activities such as blogging, drinking coffee, having a smoke, etc. Still, it amazes how much time spend on Twitter.

Re: Twitter’s cost in productivity? Zero

patphelan — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 05:29:13 -0000

Matthew
Thanks for the post, if I had wanted to join the techmeme troll parade I think a post on Scoble/Facebook he loves it/he loves it not would probably have been an easy way to do it.
The really dumb part of your post was your assumption that my analysis confirmed that Twitter was a waste of time.
Never in the post did I say mention that Twitter was a waste of time but just point ed out the time usage, in fact I am a huge Twitter fan and everyday user.

Re: Twitter’s cost in productivity? Zero

Florian SEROUSSI — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 01:03:27 -0000

i think you did not catch the essence of the post. Time spent on Twitter is a cost for enterprises and affects productivity. Whatever the numbers are - so far is true!
And saying still Twitter is far more interesting than Solitaire does not solve the issue.
But look at the bright side : exposure in minutes is what sets the value for advertising in all media- tv, radio, blog and twitter. Main difference is that Twitter provides content generated by its own users.