Twitter Reaction to Events Often at Odds with Overall Public Opinion. By Amy Mitchell and Paul Hitlin The reaction on Twitter to major political events and policy decisions often differs a great deal from public opinion as measured by surveys.
This is the conclusion of a year-long Pew Research Center study that compared the results of national polls to the tone of tweets in response to eight major news events, including the outcome of the presidential election, the first presidential debate and major speeches by Barack Obama. At times the Twitter conversation is more liberal than survey responses, while at other times it is more conservative. Often it is the overall negativity that stands out. Much of the difference may have to do with both the narrow sliver of the public represented on Twitter as well as who among that slice chose to take part in any one conversation. Twitter launches interest-based discovery. What it means. With the rise of social platforms and emergence of new mobile and connected devices, we have seen an explosion in the amount of information being created and consumed.
It is not a surprise that we have quietly entered the post-search world. And with information exploding on the web, companies big and small are finding ways to organize it around constructs such as “knowledge” and “interests.” Think of these as attempts to push the Internet into “discovery” phase. Yesterday, Google announced its Knowledge graph. Today, Twitter is introducing a way to follow others based on interests. Currently, when new users come to Twitter, we show them all almost the same suggestions for what or who to follow. In doing so, Twitter is also telling the world that Google and Facebook aren’t the only game in town and it has a reach to match those mega-billion dollar giants. Head Of Communications Sean Garrett Leaves Twitter. Twitter Head of Communications Sean Garrett (@SG) has just announced that he’s leaving Twitter in a series of tweets — of course.
When asked to confirm his departure, Twitter Communications representative Carolyn Penner said, “I think his tweets speak for themselves…” Garrett also cryptically posted the Pavement song ‘Our Singer’ to his personal blog in conjunction with the “I’m leaving” tweets. Before leaving to join Twitter in February of 2010, Garrett was a partner at tech PR agency 463 Communications, an agency he cofounded.
Before 463 Communications, Garrett spent time in PR roles at Applied Communications and Bite Communications, agencies owned by comm-focused holding company Next Fifteen. Garrett built up the Twitter PR team to a whopping eight people during his two-year stint (you can follow them all in this list curated by Marshall Kirkpatrick). Twitter Uses Its First TV Ad As An Opportunity To Launch Hashtag Pages. Twitter launched its first TV ad Sunday, and it was all about NASCAR.
But beyond just getting the attention of NASCAR Twitter followers, the ad is also meant to show off what brands can get if they partner with the social network. Based on what we’ve heard, we’re pretty sure the ad Twitter ran on TNT during the Pocono 400 is all about calling attention to a revamped page displaying search results for a topical keyword — a hashtag, in Twitter parlance. Business Insider was first to notice that Twitter.com/#NASCAR redirects to twitter.com/hashtag/nascar, a new landing page for the race league. On its blog Thursday, Twitter gave a preview of what NASCAR fans could expect if they tuned into the Twitter.com/#NASCAR page. That includes commentary from drivers, their crews, and expert commentators, as well as a whole bunch of beautiful behind-the-scenes photos, all surfaced through a combination of algorithms and curation by the race league.
Teens Hate Twitter. Your Twitter archive. It’s no secret: You make Twitter what it is.
And if you tweet, you may have found yourself wanting to go back in time and explore your past Tweets. Maybe you wanted to recall your reaction to the 2008 election, reminisce on what you said to your partner on your 10th anniversary, or just see your first few Tweets. We know lots of you would like to explore your Twitter past. Today, we’re introducing the ability to download your Twitter archive, so you’ll get all your Tweets (including Retweets) going back to the beginning. Once you have your Twitter archive, you can view your Tweets by month, or search your archive to find Tweets with certain words, phrases, hashtags or @usernames. Photos: Put a filter on it. Every day, millions of people come to Twitter to connect with the things they care about and find out what’s happening around the world.
As one of the most compelling forms of self-expression, photos have long been an important part of these experiences. Starting today, you’ll be able to edit and refine your photos, right from Twitter. The latest versions of Twitter for iPhone and Twitter for Android introduce a few new ways to enhance the images you tweet. We’re grateful to our partner, Aviary, for powering our filters and effects. Filters. Take a bird’s-eye view. Frame the action. Auto-enhance.