Twitter “Study”
A few quick, somewhat polemical thoughts on the recent “Twitter Study”.
I read this article a few days ago, and I have my suspicions about it. The terms “pointless” and “babble” are both vague and undefined. Similarly, in everyday conversation, how much of what we say can be distinguished from what they call “pointless babble” and “conversational”? It appears their only distinguishing factor is whether someone responded or not. I think it’s fair to say that leaves most of what we say to each other in everyday conversation out of the picture by referring to it as “pointless babble” in order to prove one’s already held assumption that Twitter is similarly “pointless.” The ambiguity and bias is clear just from their “categories.” I was disappointed by the “study” and by its relative fame on the interwebs. I hope they realize their blatant error and claim it was all a joke.
