An Article on Entrepreneur Says that 81 Percent Of US Adults Don't Regularly Use Twitter

This is no surprise. Internet marketers tend to live in their own bubble. In conversations with real people, nobody talks about Twitter.

I don't think it's only IMers that live in the bubble - look at the media and how much attention they give to twitter.


I started asking around some time ago and found I wasn't the only person avoiding like the plague - not a single family member or friend or neighbor uses twitter. We have NEVER used it - don't read anything on it - ignore it...and I asked about 50 people overall...



Which begs the question of "WHY does twitter get so much coverage in the media and in IM?"

Yep, same here.

Me thinks.. What Frank said.

When I look at sites like cnn and cross reference the original article I see too much title twisting and all too often the cnn title is completely twisted.

Very true

I have a twitter account; created it in 2011, in January. I last used it in January 2011.

To me Twitter is like going at the 4th of July fireworks in a big city (Chicago, New York kind of big) with some friends and acquaintances where we position ourselves to be no closer than 20 feet, then start a conversation (while everybody else is doing the same.

Though I use it less now, I like Twitter for following various journalists and publications that include tech as well as analysis and opinion. I used to spend about an hour a day reading tweets. Now you can hear who tweeted what on the evening news.

There was a lot of hype a while back with popular influencers and courses. I'm sure they are still around, but I don't hear as much anymore.

Marketing-wise, I think my original foray was given a 'persona non grata' message from them because it included some JVZoo links. Policies may have changed. I have couple of accounts now, including one that offers pasta recipes. A few clicks now and then.

I still exchange 'follows' with many internet marketers but, as mentioned above, we are basically talking to ourselves in many instances. Also did a brief advertising trial run that netted me more 'followers' but little else.

I still have my Twitter accounts, but I don't pay attention as much anymore. Then again, I can say the same for Tumblr and a few others. Never was a big Instagram fan, either, as I found the phone-centric emphasis annoying.

I suppose having a presence on these platforms gives my business more credibility, but there's only so much time in the day and I rely on an automatic social media posting tool for most of my interaction.

I think I cocur This year I have visited Twitter 3 times.

I think I have a Twitter Account, but never used it.
I know my Staff is using Twitter

I think most people are missing the point of Twitter. However, when used properly... can be an awesome tool to communicate with others.

It's like any social network - you have to decide whether your audience actively uses it enough to make participation worth it. Twitter has some very active users - maybe not as many as Facebook, but the ones that are into it are very engaged.

Affiliate marketers do use Twitter and using their ad platform but just for twitting stuff, they tend to avoid it if that makes any sense.

Using Facebook makes more sense to them because they can reach more people.

Twitter is on the decline.

19% is also big number))

Twitter is a part of the larger social media eco system and it is important. It's content shapes the culture online and offline.

looks like this 81% number was actually pretty accurate ... Twitter announced in their earnings 36 million daily active users in the U.S. (seems a good proxy for "regular users"). If you assume most of those are adults, 36 / ~209 million U.S. adults = 17%