Comments on: Tweets = public opinion? New data suggests we should think twice on this http://gigaom.com/2013/03/05/tweets-public-opinion-new-data-suggests-we-should-think-twice-on-this/ Wed, 22 May 2013 07:25:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Vlad http://gigaom.com/2013/03/05/tweets-public-opinion-new-data-suggests-we-should-think-twice-on-this/#comment-1318015 Wed, 06 Mar 2013 22:51:35 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=616982#comment-1318015 DAU stands for “daily active users” if you do not know. Fake accounts does not produce a single active user (on smartphone).

]]> By: Gina http://gigaom.com/2013/03/05/tweets-public-opinion-new-data-suggests-we-should-think-twice-on-this/#comment-1317996 Wed, 06 Mar 2013 21:35:50 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=616982#comment-1317996 the article also said that people were more critical on twitter of Obama than in pew. It seems that it isn’t just that twitter lean’s left, it’s also that people on twitter might be more opinionated/want to be seen as having something to talk about (that is why they are on twitter!)
at https://unfold.com/ we are look at tweets,fb,blogs,news to track opinion of influencer’s around issues we are debating as a society. we segment out who we are hearing from-so yes, journalists and celebrities will tend to lean left but we also track congressmen, academics, economists, etc . . . so up to the reader to decide how biased (or not) each of these groups are.

]]> By: The real Vlad http://gigaom.com/2013/03/05/tweets-public-opinion-new-data-suggests-we-should-think-twice-on-this/#comment-1317837 Wed, 06 Mar 2013 09:15:35 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=616982#comment-1317837 Really Twitter is a new Barometer?
Like Rachel Maddow using Thousands of fake accounts to boost her mentions on Twitter. Yeah gotta love the lefties doing anything to make themselves look popular.

]]> By: Vlad http://gigaom.com/2013/03/05/tweets-public-opinion-new-data-suggests-we-should-think-twice-on-this/#comment-1317819 Wed, 06 Mar 2013 05:00:45 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=616982#comment-1317819 I see that attack on Twitter continues? Is it the same Pew Center that “found” that Pinterest has the same %% of daily users as Twitter has? Not really, at least on mobile (where Twitter still has 6x times more DAU). Pew, pew.

]]> By: bayesrules http://gigaom.com/2013/03/05/tweets-public-opinion-new-data-suggests-we-should-think-twice-on-this/#comment-1317775 Tue, 05 Mar 2013 22:53:59 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=616982#comment-1317775 So, Twitter users tend to be younger and younger people tend to be more to the left than older people. Not a very surprising result, it seems to me.

]]> By: Jen Canfield http://gigaom.com/2013/03/05/tweets-public-opinion-new-data-suggests-we-should-think-twice-on-this/#comment-1317773 Tue, 05 Mar 2013 22:39:48 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=616982#comment-1317773 Only 13% of the U.S. population may be using Twitter and what people say on Twitter may not be the best indicator of the Nation’s viewpoints and opinions but I think it’s wrong to underestimate the power of Twitter’s data. As someone who works in Tech it drives me crazy to think about all the potential Twitter has with all the data they have. An article in FastCo. last year detailed how Twitter can tell when someone is getting sick before they do!!

http://www.fastcoexist.com/1680262/twitter-knows-when-youll-get-sick-before-you-do

It’s the best source of real time information anywhere in the world. It’s the voice and pulse of what’s happening in the world. And anywhere on the interent is a soundoff for people to voice their opinion. I don’t think what’s important here is if Twitter is an indicator of people’s opinions, but how influential and what a powerful tool it is to connect people in real time about events that are happening right now, regardless of if or how it influences people’s opinions.

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