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E-Commerce Times: "Twitter Experiment Elicits Howls of Disapproval"
E-Commerce Times: "Twitter Experiment Elicits Howls of Disapproval"
. . . For many users, the existing policy already creates a fire hose of information on their Timelines. Now Twitter is proposing to turn that fire hose into a water cannon -- a change those members find very vexing.
"Why do they find this process annoying?" asked Larry Chiagouris, a marketing professor at Pace University. "Because they view their Timeline as almost sacred."
"The Timeline is the way they keep up with people they wish to follow, and they do not want redundant or irrelevant material appearing in their Timeline," he told the E-Commerce Times. "Such material can be distracting and viewed as a waste of time by some of the people on Twitter."
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For many users, the existing policy already creates a fire hose of information on their Timelines. Now Twitter is proposing to turn that fire hose into a water cannon -- a change those members find very vexing.
"Why do they find this process annoying?" asked Larry Chiagouris, a marketing professor at Pace University. "Because they view their Timeline as almost sacred."
"The Timeline is the way they keep up with people they wish to follow, and they do not want redundant or irrelevant material appearing in their Timeline," he told the E-Commerce Times. "Such material can be distracting and viewed as a waste of time by some of the people on Twitter."
- See more at: http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/Twitter-Experiment-Elicits-Howls-of-...For many users, the existing policy already creates a fire hose of information on their Timelines. Now Twitter is proposing to turn that fire hose into a water cannon -- a change those members find very vexing.
"Why do they find this process annoying?" asked Larry Chiagouris, a marketing professor at Pace University. "Because they view their Timeline as almost sacred."
"The Timeline is the way they keep up with people they wish to follow, and they do not want redundant or irrelevant material appearing in their Timeline," he told the E-Commerce Times. "Such material can be distracting and viewed as a waste of time by some of the people on Twitter."
- See more at: http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/Twitter-Experiment-Elicits-Howls-of-...
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