Comments on: Why Twitter looks like a social network but feels like news media

By: Twitter no es una red social

Twitter no es una red social — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 19:20:46 +0000

[...] comprobarlo, aunque igual viene bien. Al respecto de ese informe, hace algunos meses, Jason Fry posteó que ese estudio, realizado por cuatro investigadores coreanos y presentado en la International [...]

By: iJump.co.nz » Social Media Junction wrap-up

iJump.co.nz » Social Media Junction wrap-up — Wed, 19 May 2010 02:52:06 +0000

[...] been very powerful as blog distribution mechanisms. I mentioned a Korean study that showed how Twitter is a broadcast medium, with the ability for dialogue when [...]

By: Recommended Reading – 14th May 2010 « Curiously Persistent

Recommended Reading – 14th May 2010 « Curiously Persistent — Fri, 14 May 2010 12:58:11 +0000

[...] Fry thinks Twitter more closely resembles traditional news media than social media, due to the asymmetric broadcasting of its power [...]

By: Jason Fry

Jason Fry — Thu, 13 May 2010 15:35:19 +0000

Thanks to everybody for their thoughts.

Howard, what I meant by a level playing field was that the Twitter UI of icon, @ symbol and bit of text makes everybody the same in someone’s news feed — there’s nothing to differentiate me from Ashton or Oprah. That and Twitter’s public nature creates a certain pressure to reply or acknowledge that you don’t see in blog comments or other situations.

Kingsley, I don’t think we disagree. I think the potential for communications carries a lot of value in its own right, and the barriers for reciprocity are lower than on, say, Facebook, where someone has to agree to be friends for us to have any meaningful or lasting public discussion.

By: Kingsley Tagbo

Kingsley Tagbo — Thu, 13 May 2010 15:13:40 +0000

Social networks are defined by many different types of interaction or common interest. This does not have to include reciprocity. Youtube comments don’t require any reciprocation, but there often is reciprocation. Sometimes it’s to answer a question and sometimes it’s to crack a joke or insult. Generally, the comments share the tone of the video on that page. This is also the case with Twitter topics. I don’t believe untapped reciprocity affects the value, as not everyone has time to reciprocate to hundreds of other people. Most people simply want to know what other people are thinking; this is what social networks really provide for users. That’s why everyone follows Ashton Kutcher, as a lot of people want to know his current status.

By: Twitter ja no és cap tonteria (i II) | Reflexions sobre periodisme, comunicació i cultura

Wed, 12 May 2010 19:58:05 +0000

[...] a mi, el punt més rellevant no és tant sí Twitter és o no és una xarxa social (tant se me’n dóna què és) com el fet que es tracti d’un espai on es comparteix i [...]

By: ¿Por qué Twitter no es una red social? | Blog XYOX

¿Por qué Twitter no es una red social? | Blog XYOX — Wed, 12 May 2010 08:33:56 +0000

[...] más que a otra cosa, aunque se trata de un debate interesante. Así lo plantea Jason Fry en un artículo en Nieman Journalism Lab, en el que formula algunas preguntas en relación a las conclusiones del estudio que niegan la [...]

By: Is Twitter a Social Network? « Reinventing the Newsroom

Is Twitter a Social Network? « Reinventing the Newsroom — Wed, 12 May 2010 05:34:03 +0000

[...] Is Twitter a Social Network? Posted in Social Media, Twitter by reinventingthenewsroom on May 7, 2010 This post originally appeared at Nieman Journalism Lab. [...]

By: Brian Vaughan

Brian Vaughan — Wed, 12 May 2010 00:58:44 +0000

I’ve been bemused at the frequent mocking of Twitter as a constant flow of ephemera and navel-gazing, when the overwhelming majority of tweets I see are of the form of a short comment about an article or blog post, followed by a shortened URL to that article or blog post. In effect, Twitter works for me as a magazine’s table of content, with the magazine in continuous publication.

By: Slats Grobnik

Slats Grobnik — Tue, 11 May 2010 15:09:52 +0000

Very awesome, very true. Twitter is like an open news wire you subscribe to, in which you are the editor in choosing which stories run (in your browser, i.e. get read). Reminds me of this:
http://bit.ly/aD8c19

By: ST

ST — Tue, 11 May 2010 05:35:05 +0000

That’s an interesting study! I guess, in a way they are right, although the term social media is subjective and it depends on how the user purports it to be. It can work as a news feed, or it can be a source of connectivity with people you know.

By: conversation and relationships « now | worldwidewestern

conversation and relationships « now | worldwidewestern — Mon, 10 May 2010 19:22:23 +0000

[...] Jason Fry [...]

By: LivePaola

LivePaola — Sat, 08 May 2010 16:00:56 +0000

Networks built on asymmetric relationships have different features from those built on symmetric ones. Neither type is better or worse. It’s just up to users to determine how much trust they will place in one or the other. http://livepaola.wordpress.com/2010/04/10/social-networks-choose-how-you-use-them/

By: Howard Weaver

Howard Weaver — Fri, 07 May 2010 22:51:42 +0000

This is important information, Jason; thanks for flagging it.

Your conclusion seems pretty vague to me. Yeah, sure, anything is possible. But what actually happens is a lot more meaningful. Consider that earlier study alongside this one: 73% of Twitter users have tweeted 10 or fewer times and 34% of users have never tweeted at all http://bit.ly/axLotS

As for the level playing field: huh? As near as I can tell, the only person in the top 20 who isn’t a celebrity is Barack Obama — and I doubt he spends much time on his tweets.

By: Moe

Moe — Fri, 07 May 2010 21:32:26 +0000

wow. this article is being tweeted all over the place, but only has 2 comments and 2 trackbacks.

By: mostmodernist

mostmodernist — Fri, 07 May 2010 19:44:27 +0000

I don’t think media people use the socials like regular folk do.

By: Dinah

Dinah — Fri, 07 May 2010 19:05:39 +0000

Thanks for such a thoughtful, and thought-provoking, article! As a medium, I agree that it’s the potential for interaction that’s so compelling, and that sets twitter apart from traditional media.

By: Twitter and Social Networks — and an Announcement « Reinventing the Newsroom

Fri, 07 May 2010 17:32:27 +0000

[...] an Announcement Posted in Social Media, Twitter by reinventingthenewsroom on May 7, 2010 My first post for Nieman Journalism Lab appears today, and looks at a recent research paper’s conclusion [...]

By: This Week in Review: Newsweek on the block, Twitter as a journalistic system, and more paywall rumblings » Nieman Journalism Lab

Fri, 07 May 2010 15:16:43 +0000

[...] it more of a resemblance to a news medium than to its fellow social networks online. Our Jason Fry also gave his take, noting the potential value of reciprocity even in an environment that doesn’t require [...]