Comments on: Does mainstream media really boost Twitter followers? http://www.140char.com/2009/01/does-mainstream-media-really-boost-twitter-followers/ Microblogging news, tools and resources: Twitter, Google Buzz, Tumblr, Identi.ca, Yammer, Posterous Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:38:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Dan Thornton http://www.140char.com/2009/01/does-mainstream-media-really-boost-twitter-followers/comment-page-1/#comment-4375 Dan Thornton Mon, 26 Jan 2009 09:06:55 +0000 http://www.140char.com/?p=357#comment-4375 Hi Martin - thanks for the comments, and thanks for explaining why you picked Thursday - apologies if I sounded critical (late night blog posting not always a good idea!). I agree that it took longer to build up the 8/10ths, but it would be interesting to see what percentage of the 8/10s are interacting with him and also repeating his content to their own networks - I'd suspect many more than his new followers in general. It's also only taken him 3 months to reach that 8/10 figure, which shows an impressive natural build of followers without mainstream media coverage. Hi Martin – thanks for the comments, and thanks for explaining why you picked Thursday – apologies if I sounded critical (late night blog posting not always a good idea!).
I agree that it took longer to build up the 8/10ths, but it would be interesting to see what percentage of the 8/10s are interacting with him and also repeating his content to their own networks – I’d suspect many more than his new followers in general. It’s also only taken him 3 months to reach that 8/10 figure, which shows an impressive natural build of followers without mainstream media coverage.

]]> By: Martin Belam http://www.140char.com/2009/01/does-mainstream-media-really-boost-twitter-followers/comment-page-1/#comment-4368 Martin Belam Mon, 26 Jan 2009 08:36:33 +0000 http://www.140char.com/?p=357#comment-4368 <blockquote>Personally, I’d have calculated any effect from when the programme was first shown, as that’s when new followers would appear.</blockquote> I picked the Thursday because with it being Ross's first show since he was suspended, there was a lot of coverage in the press already about what was going to be in the show, including mention of Twitter. Also, I'd argue that Stephen has been tweeting since <a href="http://twitter.com/stephenfry/status/952627960" rel="nofollow">at least the beginning of October</a>, so it took an awful lot longer to build up the 8/10ths of his followers than the sudden burst that mainstream media coverage delivered.

Personally, I’d have calculated any effect from when the programme was first shown, as that’s when new followers would appear.

I picked the Thursday because with it being Ross’s first show since he was suspended, there was a lot of coverage in the press already about what was going to be in the show, including mention of Twitter.

Also, I’d argue that Stephen has been tweeting since at least the beginning of October, so it took an awful lot longer to build up the 8/10ths of his followers than the sudden burst that mainstream media coverage delivered.

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