10000 Tweets Later: Am I social networking yet? Geek Shui Living (blog)
In it, he describes an analysis he conducted of Twitter and Facebook users. To complete it, Vilimek developed a tool that allowed him to analyze a Twitter user’s “follower to following” ratio. His resulting data set seems to prove that most tweets seemingly go unheard and/or unresponded to. In summary, he concludes that the actual potential for interaction between users is greatly increased for Facebook users. Thus, Facebook is a better tool for social networking.While my own reflection had nothing to do with a comparison of superiority of either Facebook or Twitter, it did give me even greater cause to examine my social networking status. The entire point for many users, to include myself, is to engage in “social networking” with others, whether it be for social interaction, job search purposes, dissemination of news, or the promotion of businesses and brands. As someone who initially joined for social interaction purposes and later began to utilize the platform for the grass-roots promotion of Geek Shui Living, as well, I became more and more curious as to whether I have actually progressed to a point where I can consider myself a “social networker”. Accordingly, in my own Geek Shui way, I set about to analyze my tweets, followers, and friends, in hopes of finding the answer.
