Comments on: How Oprah hurts Twitter http://karolijn.ca/how-oprah-hurts-twitter/ because there is no 'k' in banana Wed, 03 Feb 2010 19:39:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Karolijn http://karolijn.ca/how-oprah-hurts-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-12 Karolijn Fri, 01 May 2009 16:15:46 +0000 http://karolijn.ca/?p=37#comment-12 I agree. Oprah doesn’t personally impact me as an existing user. But first impressions matter. I wonder how many people that may have been valuable contributors to the community get turned off because they don’t see it used in a way that is relevant to them. I agree. Oprah doesn’t personally impact me as an existing user.

But first impressions matter.

I wonder how many people that may have been valuable contributors to the community get turned off because they don’t see it used in a way that is relevant to them.

]]> By: Will Spaetzel http://karolijn.ca/how-oprah-hurts-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-5 Will Spaetzel Fri, 01 May 2009 14:41:37 +0000 http://karolijn.ca/?p=37#comment-5 While I agree with most of your post, I don't think I would say that Oprah *hurts* Twitter. Sure the huge amounts of people who join and quit aren't good for Twitter's stats. But they aren't harming the people who already use and love Twitter. Plus, with her bringing in hundreds of thousands of new users, there's a good chance that at least a few of them will see the real value of the site and become true members of the community. While I agree with most of your post, I don’t think I would say that Oprah *hurts* Twitter.

Sure the huge amounts of people who join and quit aren’t good for Twitter’s stats. But they aren’t harming the people who already use and love Twitter.

Plus, with her bringing in hundreds of thousands of new users, there’s a good chance that at least a few of them will see the real value of the site and become true members of the community.

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