Rohit Bhargava blogs on Mr. Tweet about the five stages of Twitter acceptance. These five are, from his view, different levels of how a user actually uses Twitter. This ranges from just signing up for the sake of having an account to engaging in meaningful conversations with other users.
I can say I’ve been having a mix of #4 and #5. But what I can perhaps highlight from my personal experience is not the where in these stages, but rather the how much aspect of it.
I’ve been a user since practically the service started. And I’d become so much of an avid Twitter user that my account even turned into something akin to an instant messaging client at one point. But lately, I’ve found myself only logging in to check for updates once or twice a day (or even less). And most of the time I lurk and listen, rather than contribute. I’m on the lookout for interesting things that other users might link to or say, which makes for good tips on what to write about. And then there are the occasional bursts of being #3–that is, posting links about the latest goings on in the network, which includes Performancing.com and our various services, new and old.
Because of this I feel I may not be maximizing my use of Twitter, if only for lack of the time spent actually connecting and communicating. But then, however rare this may be, I can still say that I probably fall under the new category (#6), too, which is Collaborating: Actual, meaningful relationships and collaborations have occurred out of my usage of Twitter. A lot of my colleagues, clients and service providers are on Twitter and we do sometimes discuss projects over a few tweets.
Which category do you fall under?
16 thoughts on “What’s Your Twitter Acceptance Stage?”
I would have to say, to be honest, I’m in the “Dumping” stage.
I’m a mixture of 4 and 5. But if we were to add 6, we would have to label it:
6:Just poke my head in to see what’s going on and make a comment or two.
I don’t really converse with all too many people but I do on ocassion. I’d much rather post something useful or intertesting than talk to friends with it though (the latter is what I use facebook for).
i have never got into twitter but it is forever growing. Maybe i should take a look and jump in the twitter pool
I’m still fairly new to twitter so I would have to say i’m at stage 2.
Sounds crazy but I have been to stage 3 physically, but I didn’t get whay I would want to spend time at it regularly.
I know a lot of people have been using twitter for updates and such, but i haven’t really maximized the features of this service.. I’m a cross between 3 and 4..
Yep, still stuck in state 1, I know it something i will eventually do but for me, its a time and ROI right now, just too many other avenues to use before going there. Loved the post though.
Chris
Twitter is about sharing, not marketing.I use it to post useful links to resources I find online.I guess I´m a microblogger.
I have a lot of Conversations on there
I don use Twitter so much, only at stage 3 and never really have any intention to use it more than that.
I think I’m a mix of #3 and #5. I don’t really converse with all too many people but I do on ocassion. I’d much rather post something useful or intertesting than talk to friends with it though (the latter is what I use facebook for).
Um I think I’, at stage 2 right now…..
Stage #6 – Addiction
I like using it to read what other people are saying, but I don’t actively post anything to it myself.
“I’ve been a user since practically the service started. And I’d become so much of an avid Twitter user that my account even turned into something akin to an instant messaging client at one point. But lately, I’ve found myself only logging in to check for updates once or twice a day (or even less). And most of the time I lurk and listen, rather than contribute.”
Thanks for the information
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