Comments on: Why are millennials not down for Twitter? http://www.blakesunshine.com/uncategorized/why-are-millennials-not-down-for-twitter/ The Perennial Millennial Sat, 21 Jan 2012 16:24:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: ravindave http://www.blakesunshine.com/uncategorized/why-are-millennials-not-down-for-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-85 ravindave Tue, 05 May 2009 04:06:04 +0000 http://blakesunshine.com/?p=298#comment-85 i use twitter for: - news, updates (mets) - keep in touch with contacts in more intimate/public setting - share news - grow audience / personal brand - to learn the medium / become expert / innovate, etc.. - entertainment of course! - real-time trends / buzz / thought-starters.. i use twitter for:

- news, updates (mets)
- keep in touch with contacts in more intimate/public setting
- share news
- grow audience / personal brand
- to learn the medium / become expert / innovate, etc..
- entertainment of course!
- real-time trends / buzz / thought-starters..

]]> By: Morgan http://www.blakesunshine.com/uncategorized/why-are-millennials-not-down-for-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-84 Morgan Mon, 04 May 2009 16:05:04 +0000 http://blakesunshine.com/?p=298#comment-84 I am late on commenting here, but it looks like from your commenters, we could make the general statement that people who read your blog use twitter. Facebook started with the college market, then expanded down to the 14-18 age group, it has really just begun to expand into the 35-50 age range. Twitter began, open to the masses. It was something the 35-50 age group could latch onto because there was almost zero barrier to entry to it in the first place. You didn't have to be in college, or high school, or be affiliated with a certain network - 35-50 year olds could adopt the platform and be the experts. I think they liked that. I think it matters most who the initial audience is, because adoption will start there, and then branch out to those older or younger....that's important information for any product platform. Millennials have Facebook, and it's still working for them. There will always be late adopters (to Twitter, or whatever), and it's fine if people don't want to use Twitter, because it's really not about the platform, it's about the mindframe of real-time communication. I think millennials know that. I am late on commenting here, but it looks like from your commenters, we could make the general statement that people who read your blog use twitter.

Facebook started with the college market, then expanded down to the 14-18 age group, it has really just begun to expand into the 35-50 age range. Twitter began, open to the masses. It was something the 35-50 age group could latch onto because there was almost zero barrier to entry to it in the first place. You didn’t have to be in college, or high school, or be affiliated with a certain network – 35-50 year olds could adopt the platform and be the experts. I think they liked that.

I think it matters most who the initial audience is, because adoption will start there, and then branch out to those older or younger….that’s important information for any product platform.

Millennials have Facebook, and it’s still working for them.
There will always be late adopters (to Twitter, or whatever), and it’s fine if people don’t want to use Twitter, because it’s really not about the platform, it’s about the mindframe of real-time communication. I think millennials know that.

]]> By: Theresa Wray http://www.blakesunshine.com/uncategorized/why-are-millennials-not-down-for-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-83 Theresa Wray Thu, 30 Apr 2009 04:44:04 +0000 http://blakesunshine.com/?p=298#comment-83 I use twitter to catch up on wine and marketing trends, which relates to my job. I have no desire to use it personally to tell everyone what I'm doing, but like to be up on what's new and share bits of info that relate to the millennial wine drinkers. I use twitter to catch up on wine and marketing trends, which relates to my job. I have no desire to use it personally to tell everyone what I’m doing, but like to be up on what’s new and share bits of info that relate to the millennial wine drinkers.

]]> By: emiliekopp http://www.blakesunshine.com/uncategorized/why-are-millennials-not-down-for-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-82 emiliekopp Thu, 30 Apr 2009 01:53:15 +0000 http://blakesunshine.com/?p=298#comment-82 Do I count as a millenial? I was born in 82' but I have the resolution of a 50 year old. I like to eat dinner early and wear prescription shoes. I joined twitter early 2007. I certainly wasn't the first to get to the party but then again, I wasn't late either. It started out just as a cool web app. Now a days, I think I use it a lot like Molly. It helps me track industry trends that I'm interested in. It's an enhanced RSS feed because I can see what people are talking about in real time; not just what corporations are saying to the press. I also think it's a great way to start conversations with people I wouldn't necessarily have the opportunity talk to. If there's someone that's been tweeting a lot about robots, I will probably tweet him/her next time I have a question about robots. Perhaps I should be treated as an outlier though, as I am not on Facebook. I'm on twitter, LinkedIn and other online social communities. Facebook just ain't my thing (it stopped being cool once everyone's mom got on it, literally). Do I count as a millenial? I was born in 82′ but I have the resolution of a 50 year old. I like to eat dinner early and wear prescription shoes.
I joined twitter early 2007. I certainly wasn’t the first to get to the party but then again, I wasn’t late either. It started out just as a cool web app. Now a days, I think I use it a lot like Molly. It helps me track industry trends that I’m interested in. It’s an enhanced RSS feed because I can see what people are talking about in real time; not just what corporations are saying to the press.
I also think it’s a great way to start conversations with people I wouldn’t necessarily have the opportunity talk to. If there’s someone that’s been tweeting a lot about robots, I will probably tweet him/her next time I have a question about robots.
Perhaps I should be treated as an outlier though, as I am not on Facebook. I’m on twitter, LinkedIn and other online social communities. Facebook just ain’t my thing (it stopped being cool once everyone’s mom got on it, literally).

]]> By: Kristin http://www.blakesunshine.com/uncategorized/why-are-millennials-not-down-for-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-81 Kristin Thu, 30 Apr 2009 01:01:49 +0000 http://blakesunshine.com/?p=298#comment-81 P.S. I'm not sure how you disseminated an alert on your new entry, but I found it on Twitter and thought it was ironic. Thanks, Blake! P.S. I’m not sure how you disseminated an alert on your new entry, but I found it on Twitter and thought it was ironic.

Thanks, Blake!

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