Comments on: If the Twitter community was 100 people… http://www.swiss-miss.com/2009/07/if-the-twitter-community-was-100-people.html swissmiss is a design blog and studio run by Tina Roth Eisenberg, a 'swiss designer gone NYC'. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 23:29:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Chandoo http://www.swiss-miss.com/2009/07/if-the-twitter-community-was-100-people.html#comment-27795 Chandoo Thu, 20 Aug 2009 16:21:15 +0000 http://www.swiss-miss.com/?p=16066#comment-27795 @Tim... thanks, good luck forming false opinions.. @Tim… thanks, good luck forming false opinions..

]]> By: Tim http://www.swiss-miss.com/2009/07/if-the-twitter-community-was-100-people.html#comment-27790 Tim Thu, 20 Aug 2009 15:53:22 +0000 http://www.swiss-miss.com/?p=16066#comment-27790 Stonecyphyer / Chandoo - thought about taking an OCD test?? Stonecyphyer / Chandoo – thought about taking an OCD test??

]]> By: jadeibet http://www.swiss-miss.com/2009/07/if-the-twitter-community-was-100-people.html#comment-26500 jadeibet Fri, 07 Aug 2009 14:02:17 +0000 http://www.swiss-miss.com/?p=16066#comment-26500 I feel like the male/female ratio isn't 50/50. Is this an assumption or based on true data? I feel like the male/female ratio isn’t 50/50. Is this an assumption or based on true data?

]]> By: Chandoo http://www.swiss-miss.com/2009/07/if-the-twitter-community-was-100-people.html#comment-26237 Chandoo Wed, 05 Aug 2009 10:57:30 +0000 http://www.swiss-miss.com/?p=16066#comment-26237 The info-graphic is a sad excuse for making pretty looking charts that are deceiving. It has so many pitfalls that I dont know where to begin. 1. It conveys that dead accounts are separate from lazy ones. If you think for a sec, you will realize that dead is a subset of lazy. The source confirms it too. 2. It conveys that there are no overlaps. This is entirely wrong. There are several overlaps 3. It fails to tell what the gray ones are. 4. The maker of this just took 4 different stats and mixed them in one chart without even questioning whether there are any overlaps. @Andy: "Isn’t it annoying when someone looks at the source data" We should always look at source. Otherwise, we will form wrong opinions. The info-graphic is a sad excuse for making pretty looking charts that are deceiving. It has so many pitfalls that I dont know where to begin.

1. It conveys that dead accounts are separate from lazy ones. If you think for a sec, you will realize that dead is a subset of lazy. The source confirms it too.
2. It conveys that there are no overlaps. This is entirely wrong. There are several overlaps
3. It fails to tell what the gray ones are.
4. The maker of this just took 4 different stats and mixed them in one chart without even questioning whether there are any overlaps.

@Andy: “Isn’t it annoying when someone looks at the source data”

We should always look at source. Otherwise, we will form wrong opinions.

]]> By: StoneCypher http://www.swiss-miss.com/2009/07/if-the-twitter-community-was-100-people.html#comment-26128 StoneCypher Tue, 04 Aug 2009 01:27:26 +0000 http://www.swiss-miss.com/?p=16066#comment-26128 Literally every piece of data exposed by this graphic is wrong. All four cited percentages are wrong. A network with 100 users by definition has zero people with an excess of 100 followers. The gender roles you took the time to place are off by nearly 40% (which given your 50% estimate is pretty impressive). The dead account number you cite, 20%, is especially useless because in addition to being nowhere near a correct number, it doesn't define dead account (one assumes you mean haven't tweeted in the last N months, but for each consecutive value of N that number shifts pretty dramatically; to get it to 20% you actually have to set it to shorter than your lazy timeframe.) Could you maybe cite your sources next time? I kind of don't like receiving infographics from my coworkers who want to make decisions based on data you pretty much just made up. Literally every piece of data exposed by this graphic is wrong.

All four cited percentages are wrong.

A network with 100 users by definition has zero people with an excess of 100 followers.

The gender roles you took the time to place are off by nearly 40% (which given your 50% estimate is pretty impressive).

The dead account number you cite, 20%, is especially useless because in addition to being nowhere near a correct number, it doesn’t define dead account (one assumes you mean haven’t tweeted in the last N months, but for each consecutive value of N that number shifts pretty dramatically; to get it to 20% you actually have to set it to shorter than your lazy timeframe.)

Could you maybe cite your sources next time? I kind of don’t like receiving infographics from my coworkers who want to make decisions based on data you pretty much just made up.

]]> By: Andy http://www.swiss-miss.com/2009/07/if-the-twitter-community-was-100-people.html#comment-26064 Andy Mon, 03 Aug 2009 12:05:51 +0000 http://www.swiss-miss.com/?p=16066#comment-26064 Isn't it annoying when someone looks at the source data <a href="http://chandoo.org/wp/2009/07/31/unexciting-twitter-chart/" rel="nofollow">Are you excited about this twitter chart?</a> Isn’t it annoying when someone looks at the source data

Are you excited about this twitter chart?

]]> By: Elli http://www.swiss-miss.com/2009/07/if-the-twitter-community-was-100-people.html#comment-26051 Elli Mon, 03 Aug 2009 01:57:53 +0000 http://www.swiss-miss.com/?p=16066#comment-26051 I love it. So Blunt and straight to the point. I love it. So Blunt and straight to the point.

]]> By: Nicole De Falco http://www.swiss-miss.com/2009/07/if-the-twitter-community-was-100-people.html#comment-25957 Nicole De Falco Sat, 01 Aug 2009 00:54:38 +0000 http://www.swiss-miss.com/?p=16066#comment-25957 Thank you Will d. White. I was having trouble with that math too. Thank you Will d. White. I was having trouble with that math too.

]]> By: J. Money http://www.swiss-miss.com/2009/07/if-the-twitter-community-was-100-people.html#comment-25956 J. Money Sat, 01 Aug 2009 00:47:17 +0000 http://www.swiss-miss.com/?p=16066#comment-25956 Oh how true that is...maybe we should create a new "100 followers" only rule and see how much more productive it gets us? Oh how true that is…maybe we should create a new “100 followers” only rule and see how much more productive it gets us?

]]> By: Ed Hart http://www.swiss-miss.com/2009/07/if-the-twitter-community-was-100-people.html#comment-25921 Ed Hart Fri, 31 Jul 2009 12:11:10 +0000 http://www.swiss-miss.com/?p=16066#comment-25921 Looks very similar to any cross section of a community to me. More is said by just a few. Most are willing to follow rather than lead. It's not so much a reflection of Twitter, as a statement about human nature. Looks very similar to any cross section of a community to me.

More is said by just a few. Most are willing to follow rather than lead. It’s not so much a reflection of Twitter, as a statement about human nature.

]]> By: wm http://www.swiss-miss.com/2009/07/if-the-twitter-community-was-100-people.html#comment-25907 wm Fri, 31 Jul 2009 02:50:32 +0000 http://www.swiss-miss.com/?p=16066#comment-25907 i'll be in the grey are. wanting to twit but not knowing what to say in less than 100 words. i’ll be in the grey are.
wanting to twit but not knowing what to say in less than 100 words.

]]> By: Me http://www.swiss-miss.com/2009/07/if-the-twitter-community-was-100-people.html#comment-25891 Me Thu, 30 Jul 2009 19:39:34 +0000 http://www.swiss-miss.com/?p=16066#comment-25891 What do the 20% gray ones represent? What do the 20% gray ones represent?

]]> By: Maria Rilke http://www.swiss-miss.com/2009/07/if-the-twitter-community-was-100-people.html#comment-25890 Maria Rilke Thu, 30 Jul 2009 19:20:50 +0000 http://www.swiss-miss.com/?p=16066#comment-25890 So it follows the 80/20 rule of business. 80% of your business comes from 20% of your customers. So it follows the 80/20 rule of business. 80% of your business comes from 20% of your customers.

]]> By: Khamis http://www.swiss-miss.com/2009/07/if-the-twitter-community-was-100-people.html#comment-25886 Khamis Thu, 30 Jul 2009 17:44:34 +0000 http://www.swiss-miss.com/?p=16066#comment-25886 IDK about you, but I don't really want a ton of people following me. I still want to hold onto Twitter as a service that helps me stay in touch with friends and very select institutions. I have less than 50 followers and I feel like I use the service to it's fullest. That's enough reason for me to get excited. IDK about you, but I don’t really want a ton of people following me. I still want to hold onto Twitter as a service that helps me stay in touch with friends and very select institutions. I have less than 50 followers and I feel like I use the service to it’s fullest. That’s enough reason for me to get excited.

]]> By: rich http://www.swiss-miss.com/2009/07/if-the-twitter-community-was-100-people.html#comment-25879 rich Thu, 30 Jul 2009 16:26:35 +0000 http://www.swiss-miss.com/?p=16066#comment-25879 i guess this could kinda apply to today's society! the 'dead percentage' would be the people just not living their lives but a total binary opposition of what this chart actually stands for. i guess this could kinda apply to today’s society! the ‘dead percentage’ would be the people just not living their lives but a total binary opposition of what this chart actually stands for.

]]> By: Will D. White http://www.swiss-miss.com/2009/07/if-the-twitter-community-was-100-people.html#comment-25866 Will D. White Thu, 30 Jul 2009 14:47:37 +0000 http://www.swiss-miss.com/?p=16066#comment-25866 If the community was only 100 folks, how would 5 have more then 100 followers? Haha. However thats a great illustration! I'm definitely glad there are more then 100. I just wish all the "free money" folks would stop already! If the community was only 100 folks, how would 5 have more then 100 followers? Haha.

However thats a great illustration! I’m definitely glad there are more then 100. I just wish all the “free money” folks would stop already!

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