Comments on: Some Twitter Users Prefer Browser Experience (A quick and dirty poll) http://www.web-strategist.com/blog/2008/01/15/some-twitter-users-prefer-browser-experience-a-quick-and-dirty-poll/ Jeremiah Owyang discusses how web tools and social media enable companies to connect with customers Sat, 20 Mar 2010 03:33:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Stoke Chat http://www.web-strategist.com/blog/2008/01/15/some-twitter-users-prefer-browser-experience-a-quick-and-dirty-poll/comment-page-1/#comment-1094558 Stoke Chat Mon, 10 Aug 2009 15:15:44 +0000 http://www.web-strategist.com/blog/2008/01/15/some-twitter-users-prefer-browser-experience-a-quick-and-dirty-poll/#comment-1094558 Very intersting results Very intersting results

]]> By: jeremiah_owyang http://www.web-strategist.com/blog/2008/01/15/some-twitter-users-prefer-browser-experience-a-quick-and-dirty-poll/comment-page-1/#comment-284745 jeremiah_owyang Thu, 17 Jan 2008 12:32:10 +0000 http://www.web-strategist.com/blog/2008/01/15/some-twitter-users-prefer-browser-experience-a-quick-and-dirty-poll/#comment-284745 Francine Sorry for the confusion, will reconsider. yes quite a decent sample for one single tweet. yes, measurement will be different, we'll need to do a poll with more options in the future. Francine

Sorry for the confusion, will reconsider. yes quite a decent sample for one single tweet.

yes, measurement will be different, we’ll need to do a poll with more options in the future.

]]> By: Robin Jacob Abraham http://www.web-strategist.com/blog/2008/01/15/some-twitter-users-prefer-browser-experience-a-quick-and-dirty-poll/comment-page-1/#comment-284593 Robin Jacob Abraham Thu, 17 Jan 2008 09:48:03 +0000 http://www.web-strategist.com/blog/2008/01/15/some-twitter-users-prefer-browser-experience-a-quick-and-dirty-poll/#comment-284593 Hi Jeremiah Expected results I believe though I agree that the use of clients would increase in the future.It is also interesting to note the speed at which you got the sample and the results...Is this speedy answering another boon of Twitter in that it ensures that one is very specific with the answers...at the same time providing ease? Hi Jeremiah

Expected results I believe though I agree that the use of clients would increase in the future.It is also interesting to note the speed at which you got the sample and the results…Is this speedy answering another boon of Twitter in that it ensures that one is very specific with the answers…at the same time providing ease?

]]> By: Ontario Emperor http://www.web-strategist.com/blog/2008/01/15/some-twitter-users-prefer-browser-experience-a-quick-and-dirty-poll/comment-page-1/#comment-284418 Ontario Emperor Thu, 17 Jan 2008 04:45:06 +0000 http://www.web-strategist.com/blog/2008/01/15/some-twitter-users-prefer-browser-experience-a-quick-and-dirty-poll/#comment-284418 I echo Francine's first comment, and ran across the same issue when Nate Ritter conducted a similar survey in December. In my mind, mobile use via a web browser is very different from mobile use via SMS (my corporate plan only allows 250 text messages a month, so SMS Twitter use is not practical). Unfortunately, you cannot gather this information from Twitter itself. Both my computer and my mobile posts are recorded as "from web" by Twitter. If you conduct the survey again in 6 months, you may want to consider breaking the "mobile" component down further. I echo Francine’s first comment, and ran across the same issue when Nate Ritter conducted a similar survey in December.

In my mind, mobile use via a web browser is very different from mobile use via SMS (my corporate plan only allows 250 text messages a month, so SMS Twitter use is not practical).

Unfortunately, you cannot gather this information from Twitter itself. Both my computer and my mobile posts are recorded as “from web” by Twitter. If you conduct the survey again in 6 months, you may want to consider breaking the “mobile” component down further.

]]> By: A Few Things I’m Noticing While I Twitter « The Other Librarian http://www.web-strategist.com/blog/2008/01/15/some-twitter-users-prefer-browser-experience-a-quick-and-dirty-poll/comment-page-1/#comment-283710 A Few Things I’m Noticing While I Twitter « The Other Librarian Wed, 16 Jan 2008 18:30:09 +0000 http://www.web-strategist.com/blog/2008/01/15/some-twitter-users-prefer-browser-experience-a-quick-and-dirty-poll/#comment-283710 [...] Jeremiah Owyang confirmed this a little more empirically.    I mostly view Twitter from a website.   Sidebars and cellphones [...]

[...] Jeremiah Owyang confirmed this a little more empirically.    I mostly view Twitter from a website.   Sidebars and cellphones [...]

]]> By: francine hardaway http://www.web-strategist.com/blog/2008/01/15/some-twitter-users-prefer-browser-experience-a-quick-and-dirty-poll/comment-page-1/#comment-283452 francine hardaway Wed, 16 Jan 2008 13:59:12 +0000 http://www.web-strategist.com/blog/2008/01/15/some-twitter-users-prefer-browser-experience-a-quick-and-dirty-poll/#comment-283452 I found "mobile" and browser hard to distinguish between, since I use a browser on an iPhone. That being said, what's amazing is that you got a 5% response rate. That's bcause Twitter is a community. So if the question is appropriate, you will get 1)an accurate response and 2) a decent sample. Compared to the election polls, you're doing unbelievably well. I found “mobile” and browser hard to distinguish between, since I use a browser on an iPhone. That being said, what’s amazing is that you got a 5% response rate. That’s bcause Twitter is a community. So if the question is appropriate, you will get 1)an accurate response and 2) a decent sample. Compared to the election polls, you’re doing unbelievably well.

]]> By: Azam Khan http://www.web-strategist.com/blog/2008/01/15/some-twitter-users-prefer-browser-experience-a-quick-and-dirty-poll/comment-page-1/#comment-282332 Azam Khan Tue, 15 Jan 2008 21:00:26 +0000 http://www.web-strategist.com/blog/2008/01/15/some-twitter-users-prefer-browser-experience-a-quick-and-dirty-poll/#comment-282332 I couldn't find you on twitter. How do I? I couldn’t find you on twitter. How do I?

]]> By: Peter http://www.web-strategist.com/blog/2008/01/15/some-twitter-users-prefer-browser-experience-a-quick-and-dirty-poll/comment-page-1/#comment-282188 Peter Tue, 15 Jan 2008 17:54:28 +0000 http://www.web-strategist.com/blog/2008/01/15/some-twitter-users-prefer-browser-experience-a-quick-and-dirty-poll/#comment-282188 could get at that by looking at the "from ..." embedded in each tweet received in your poll? could get at that by looking at the “from …” embedded in each tweet received in your poll?

]]> By: jeremiah_owyang http://www.web-strategist.com/blog/2008/01/15/some-twitter-users-prefer-browser-experience-a-quick-and-dirty-poll/comment-page-1/#comment-282165 jeremiah_owyang Tue, 15 Jan 2008 17:22:43 +0000 http://www.web-strategist.com/blog/2008/01/15/some-twitter-users-prefer-browser-experience-a-quick-and-dirty-poll/#comment-282165 Alex Exactly, Twitter is just a platform to allow the content to escape, reshape, and come back to something new. Colin, downloading clients is a mental obstacle for many, I assume it has something to do with that Aaron, good for you, stay out of the web on sundays! Peter, I don't have that data, I would have to ask each of the clients, mobile carriers and twitter for that data. Alex
Exactly, Twitter is just a platform to allow the content to escape, reshape, and come back to something new.

Colin, downloading clients is a mental obstacle for many, I assume it has something to do with that

Aaron, good for you, stay out of the web on sundays!

Peter, I don’t have that data, I would have to ask each of the clients, mobile carriers and twitter for that data.

]]> By: Peter http://www.web-strategist.com/blog/2008/01/15/some-twitter-users-prefer-browser-experience-a-quick-and-dirty-poll/comment-page-1/#comment-282141 Peter Tue, 15 Jan 2008 16:42:35 +0000 http://www.web-strategist.com/blog/2008/01/15/some-twitter-users-prefer-browser-experience-a-quick-and-dirty-poll/#comment-282141 Wonder how things would sort out if you looked at where these folks were replying to your survey from... how does what people are using match up with what they say they are using? Wonder how things would sort out if you looked at where these folks were replying to your survey from… how does what people are using match up with what they say they are using?

]]> By: Aaron Strout http://www.web-strategist.com/blog/2008/01/15/some-twitter-users-prefer-browser-experience-a-quick-and-dirty-poll/comment-page-1/#comment-282134 Aaron Strout Tue, 15 Jan 2008 16:29:44 +0000 http://www.web-strategist.com/blog/2008/01/15/some-twitter-users-prefer-browser-experience-a-quick-and-dirty-poll/#comment-282134 Thanks for the stats. I didn't see your tweet on Sunday (my wife is limiting my use on weekends these days LOL). For me, I primarily use Snitter (client) but also use Twitter.com and hahlo/thincloud/twitter.com on my iPhone. So I guess I fall into the "many" category. @astrout Thanks for the stats. I didn’t see your tweet on Sunday (my wife is limiting my use on weekends these days LOL). For me, I primarily use Snitter (client) but also use Twitter.com and hahlo/thincloud/twitter.com on my iPhone. So I guess I fall into the “many” category.

@astrout

]]> By: Colin Browning http://www.web-strategist.com/blog/2008/01/15/some-twitter-users-prefer-browser-experience-a-quick-and-dirty-poll/comment-page-1/#comment-282116 Colin Browning Tue, 15 Jan 2008 15:58:26 +0000 http://www.web-strategist.com/blog/2008/01/15/some-twitter-users-prefer-browser-experience-a-quick-and-dirty-poll/#comment-282116 Fascinating info! Personally, I am surprised that the use of clients in not higher. It would be interesting to see how these groups identify their usage of Twitter - power users, causal users, novices and to see if there is a trend in how they access Twitter. Fascinating info! Personally, I am surprised that the use of clients in not higher. It would be interesting to see how these groups identify their usage of Twitter – power users, causal users, novices and to see if there is a trend in how they access Twitter.

]]> By: Alex http://www.web-strategist.com/blog/2008/01/15/some-twitter-users-prefer-browser-experience-a-quick-and-dirty-poll/comment-page-1/#comment-282053 Alex Tue, 15 Jan 2008 14:23:03 +0000 http://www.web-strategist.com/blog/2008/01/15/some-twitter-users-prefer-browser-experience-a-quick-and-dirty-poll/#comment-282053 This is fascinating in the sense that the social networking does not take place on a single platform, like, for instance, on Facebook or Flickr. People are engaging with each other through a myriad clients, each one offering its own user experience of interacting with the Twitter service. In other words, and I'm thinking out loud, Twitter does not fully control the user experience. Apart from the monetization issues of such a model, the heterogeneous user experience does not seem to limit (and perhaps even increases) usability and popularity. This is fascinating in the sense that the social networking does not take place on a single platform, like, for instance, on Facebook or Flickr. People are engaging with each other through a myriad clients, each one offering its own user experience of interacting with the Twitter service. In other words, and I’m thinking out loud, Twitter does not fully control the user experience. Apart from the monetization issues of such a model, the heterogeneous user experience does not seem to limit (and perhaps even increases) usability and popularity.

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