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Is Twittermania Running Face-First Into Quittermania?

Peter Kafka in Media on April 28, 2009 at 2:29 pm PT

Remember all the way back, a couple weeks ago, when everyone was talking about Twitter and Oprah and Ashton Kutcher and the millions of people who were joining Twitter every week? Turns out the majority of those new Twitterers–three out of every five–won’t be back in May. That’s a problem, says Web measurement service Nielsen.

Weekend Update, 4.19.09

Beth Callaghan in News on April 19, 2009 at 1:39 am PT

A look back at the week during which approximately 40 percent of the posts were about Twitter. Or at least it seemed that way. BoomTown got the ball rolling by making a visit to Twitter HQ bearing pies. During a video tour of the premises, Biz Stone discussed rock stars and booze, and spilled the secret of the strange green deer.