Twitter users share early adopters symptoms
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Recent findings of a Pew Internet study revealed, Twitter is being extensively used as a status update service to keep in touch. Youth (age 18 -44), social network users and users with access to mobile internet show early Twitter adoption symptoms.
The study – Twitter and status update, was conducted in September 2009, amongst a sample of 2,253 adults, 18 and older.
The key Highlights of the research indicates:
1. One in every five Internet users are now on Twitter
19% of internet users say they use Twitter or another service to share updates about themselves, or to see updates about others (up from ...