Comments on: Miracles Can Happen

By: Ron Shevlin

Ron Shevlin — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 12:56:39 +0000

@Shari: Not that I’m looking to argue with you, but apparently Pear Analytics disagrees with you. I guess babble is something that can be scientifically identified. What I’d like to know is if they found any tweets that they considered to be “useful babble”.

By: shari storm

shari storm — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 05:16:31 +0000

Babble lies in the eye of the beholder.

By: Brent Dixon

Brent Dixon — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 04:54:31 +0000

this made me lol so hard i lmao’d my rofl.

By: Ron Shevlin

Ron Shevlin — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 00:03:47 +0000

@Jordan: I’ve been following your stuff for 3 years already. Look where’s it gotten me. Toiling away in relative obscurity on some crappy little blog.

By: Ron Shevlin

Ron Shevlin — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 00:00:53 +0000

@Gene: My tweets are protected as well. I’m thinking that, together, our tweets might have pushed the babble count over 50%.

By: Jordan Cohen

Jordan Cohen — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 23:47:32 +0000

Dude, it’s all about story telling… If you pay enough attention to my stuff over the next, say, 6 to 20 years, it’s all going to be more than worth it, I promise.

Follow me @jordancohenpr

God it’s good to have you back Ron.

By: Gene Blishen

Gene Blishen — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 23:38:20 +0000

I didn’t even look at the 19 Free Twitter Tools… It was bound to happen, it was inevitable. A study that has turned conversation of 140 character parcels that are measured in pointless babble, self-promotional or spam. But then there is news, conversation and pass along.
Pear states:
“Teens like Facebook and MySpace because they have the ability to
select who they want to connect to, who they want to share emails,
screen names and phone numbers with. Twi4er is not closed in the same manner. Anyone can follow your status updates.”

But on my Twitter site it states (after choosing to protect your tweets):
“Your tweets are currently protected; only those you approve will receive your tweets. You will not appear on the public timeline. Tweets posted previously may still be publicly visible in some places.”
So unless I am mistaken a key component of Twitter is being misunderstood by Pear. You have the ability to protect your Tweets hence the feed of people you receive could have a very different mix. This is a major factor that seems to be forgotten and conclusions made without it. IF one controls the people who follow them and also has control on who they follow the mix that they describe will be very different.
Seems to me what one needs to be aware of are those who deems themselves knowledgeable but in fact are the very opposite. If Pear Analytics ever tweets they will need a new classification. Guess what it will be?