The Twittersphere Explained – ish

At the social network company we often get asked about Twitter. Good honest questions like ‘wot is it?’ or better still ‘wot’s it good for?’ Our normal answer (‘I dunno’) never seemed apt. Even the Chief Twit boss (the strangely named Biz Stone) didn’t really know what it was about…

Fortunately it’s now possible to analyse the WHOLE twittersphere. But don’t do this at home. Downloading 1.27 Bn tweets from 41 M users will fry your brain & set your excel spreadsheet on FIRE.
Good job there’s a lovely summary of the findings here from Haewoon Kwak.

To cut a long story short and save brain ache – Turns out the Twitter is like a newspaper…and you should RT more often…