Comments on: What Percentage of your REAL LIFE friends have Twitter Accounts? [POLL]

By: Pete

Pete — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 15:36:11 +0000

I don’t know of any real life friends that twitter. Of course I can’t say that I’ve ever really asked them. I think I may have to now.

By: Brad Hart

Brad Hart — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 14:30:15 +0000

this is definitely an interesting question and I agree with Vicki on how different those two potential questions are. I am not even really sure how to define friends in the braoder sense of the word. I have several people I know in the physical world who have twitter accounts, but I don’t follow them, it is good enough they are on my YIM and email contact list. I have several people I do know locally, but am not really friends with even if I do know them well enough to say hi by name at the grocery store. They use twitter to update us on what’s happening in the area. I also follow several local groups who post updates on twitter, but is that a group or a friend? In reality the only person whose twits I follow who I am friends with in the physical world is my wife, and she only twits when there is a message or site she wants people to know about.

BTW this poll tool is an amazing little bit of work. I just posted my first poll. http://bradstinyworld.com/internet/social-media/social-linking/

By: Hector A. Henry S.

Hector A. Henry S. — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 15:51:54 +0000

Ineresthing. 1-10 its my vote.

By: gloson

gloson — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 08:58:07 +0000

@Joel Drapper

Yup, REAL LIFE friends means the people whom you know personally

By: Vicki

Vicki — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 02:59:45 +0000

The comments imply that many people are answering the question “what percent of the people you follow in Twitter are also RL friends” which is not the same as “What percent of your RL friends use Twitter”. Very different questions.

I could answer the first; no clue on the second. And how are we defining “friend” here anyway? Someone I’ve met in person?

By: Joel Drapper

Joel Drapper — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 00:23:47 +0000

Who is a REAL LIFE friend? Is that someone you know in person?

By: Walt

Walt — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 20:54:57 +0000

You can embed the poll results. Follow your own link to the poll results and scroll down. According to their blog, the feature was just rolled out yesterday.

By: Thomas Flight - Netager.com

Thomas Flight - Netager.com — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 20:30:37 +0000

None of my twitter friends are real life friends. But twitter is just now starting to become mainstream.

By: Atom Jester

Atom Jester — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 16:44:34 +0000

You left out the option, “I don’t have any REAL LIFE friends, I still live in my Mother’s basement.”

By: Scott Williams

Scott Williams — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 15:13:25 +0000

I have a fair percent of real friends; as my initial followers were grass roots people I knew involved in ministry/web 2.o that number is decreasing daily. The poll results don’t surprise me!