Breaking free: Yammer announces embeddable activity streams - into just about any business app | VentureBeat | Social Business Trends. Real-time local Twitter trends. 15-24 Year Olds in the U.K. Encroach on their Elder’s Social Networking Space. August 11, 2009 15-24 Year Olds in the U.K. Encroach on their Elder’s Social Networking Space comScore Study Highlights Trend in Social Networking Usage Among 15-24 Year Olds LONDON, U.K., August 11, 2009 –comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today released an analysis of social networking among 15-24 year olds indicating that more people in this age group are visiting social networking sites versus year ago. While the average 15-24 year old is spending less time overall on social networking sites, it appears to be due to greater consolidation around a primary site.
The number of 15-24 year olds visiting social networking sites reached 6.8 million in June, up 14 percent versus the previous year. Younger Social Networkers Move Toward “Older” Facebook Despite the reports that younger users are moving away from social networking sites to avoid their older counterparts, a demographic analysis of the top social networking sites reveals just the opposite. Scobleizer. Danah boyd | apophenia. Like everyone who cares about Crisis Text Line and the people we serve, I have spent the last few days reflecting on recent critiques about the organization’s practices. Having spent my career thinking about and grappling with tech ethics and privacy issues, I knew that – had I not been privy to the details and context that I know – I would be outraged by what folks heard this weekend.
I would be doing what many of my friends and colleagues are doing, voicing anger and disgust. But as a founding board member of Crisis Text Line, who served as board chair from June 2020 until the beginning of January 2021, I also have additional information that shaped how I thought about these matters and informed my actions and votes over the last eight years. As a director, I am currently working with others on the board and in the organization to chart a path forward. Texters come to us in their darkest moments. First: Why data?
Storing data immediately prompted three key questions: I’m a scholar. 1. Major Shift In Twitter Trends From 2009 To 2010. So there I was on Ad Age, a common occurrence for sure, and I came across two pie charts depicting the changes in Twitter trends from 2009 to 2010... and I was blown away, in a good way that is. The data came from, as you can see from the image above, What the Trend, the trend-tracking company that monitors the rank and duration of every single topic that pops up on Twitter's global Trending Topics chart throughout the year. What blew me away in a good way is the fact that Entertainment went down as a trending topic and Hashtags went up... way up as a matter fact going from just 9% in 2009 to 40% in 2010. When it comes to Entertainment.. I've written before on this topic Study Finds Celebrities Have Little Twitter Influence & Celebrities, Popularity, Influence - Part 2.
For the life of me I don't understand why people follow celebrities but then again there's a lot of things I dont understand. So I for one a glad to see Entertainent trending lower in Twitter land. Techcrunch getting sold.