Comments on: Breaking: Twitter costs British economy less than people who gaze out the window

By: Fahrrad

Fahrrad — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 19:36:09 +0000

I do not know why people invest so much time in twitter or facebook. Particular both are not very save for their users…

By: Hundezubehör

Hundezubehör — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 12:52:29 +0000

I only use Facebook! But i never use Twitter. I dont not why i think it is Problem of the Design of Twitter.
Facebook is the great Social Bookmarker and it will be make a lot of Fun.

BRG From Germany

By: Hundezubehör

Hundezubehör — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 12:51:40 +0000

I only use Facebook! But i never use Twitter. I dont not why i think it is Problem of the Design of Twitter.
Facebook is the great Social Bookmarker and it will be make a lot of Fun.

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Enterprise UK Blog » Blog Archive » social media & entrepreneurs — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 13:48:19 +0000

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By: Charles Slang

Charles Slang — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 03:03:06 +0000

There’s a 91.43% chance that 63% of all statistics are made up!

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By: Karl Freeman

Karl Freeman — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:30:51 +0000

Using social networks often saves me hours of work by utilising the crowd for problems I face. Instead of pulling hair out for days, I ask the collective and often I get a couple tips.

Nevermind the fact that clients want cutting edge and how do you find out about that…?

Ridiculous survey.

By: Lana

Lana — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 16:51:47 +0000

I also use Facebook but not and Twitter, and mant other people who Iknow. And I think it is a wasting a time. First my sisters all day every day lost free time on facebook.

By: Rob Rawson

Rob Rawson — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 22:43:03 +0000

I’m actually developing software that monitors how much time people are using twitter, facebook etc as a way to increase productivity. Also software to help decrease the amount spent each day checking emails (lots of time wasted here also). Really a bit unfair to single out twitter as it’s only one thing out of many that people waste time on.

Just to throw a controversial comment out there … I think that people who waste a major amount of their time and are not effective are likely to lose their jobs to India in the next 10 years anyway where people are willing to work long hours for much lower pay.

But it’s also true that you can work extremely hard and supposedly not waste time, but it doesn’t make you productive. To be truly productive it’s not really a function of how many hours you put in but the effectiveness of your time spent.

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Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:11:46 +0000

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By: Janene Dalton

Janene Dalton — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:03:45 +0000

What this article tells me is that people really should be doing what they love.

By: Weg met internet! » Blog Archive » Is Twitter nu echt kassie wijlen?

Weg met internet! » Blog Archive » Is Twitter nu echt kassie wijlen? — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:25:36 +0000

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By: BorkBoy

BorkBoy — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 10:35:42 +0000

Well said! There are millions of people in offices across the country who send a lot of there day messing around on computers and generating absolutely no business for their employer. They are in dead end jobs and don’t give a fuck about the company they work for. This will come out in any tweets or status updates and in turn look bad for the employer. This will have the exact opposite effect of generating business/money.

People have spent years looking out the window and talking to their friends about last night, they will continue to do that but now they also have other things to do such as twitter, facebook, iPhones. This doesn’t replace talking to friends, it’s in addition to. The more we give people to do other than work the more they will take advantage. It’s just the way life is.

At then end of the day some of us are lucking and have jobs which interest them and we at times make good use of something like twitter but the millions of other people will use it as an alternative to work. This will cost their employer money. Fact.

By: caro

caro — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 09:52:59 +0000

I don’t see how millions of public employees are digging a goldmine twittering. how they do that?

By: Marina Zaliznyak

Marina Zaliznyak — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 22:27:44 +0000

I would pose the question of how much business social networks (professional or not), twitter and the like ACTUALLY GENERATE for companies rather than how much money the waste.

In my case, it’s the opposite, social networks are a goldmine for business generation. So I think the survey is very old school weighing the wrong results and leaving out the important ones.

By: mike

mike — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 22:18:46 +0000

People waste time because there is no incentive to work hard. You only ever trade hours of your life for money. It never mattered what I accomplished. As long as I did enough not to get fired. Treat me well knowledge when I work hard (thanks, good job, more pay, etc). My employer never gave &%$# about me why should I care.

By: Markus Göbel's Tech News Comments

Markus Göbel's Tech News Comments — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:29:41 +0000

Former surveys had mentioned Youtube, IM and email jokes. These time wasters haven’t disappeared either. Does it mean that there is simply no time left for work because all these weapons of mass distraction add up?

By: johnny@tulsa.com

johnny@tulsa.com — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:29:05 +0000

I have a very simple solution for the 8 workers at my company. I have a program that takes screenshots and grabs URLs every 15 seconds. Then I send my workers a file every week that shows them where they spent their time. I don’t look at that file but I reserve the right to do so. It’s a nice little self-policing policy that reminds people that when you work for me, you’re on my time. And if they don’t like it, I can easily go through the hundreds of resumes that show up every time I post a job opening. I also have a policy that you can’t work on weekends either – even if you want.

By: Cosmin

Cosmin — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:52:52 +0000

Oh boy, not another one from the “british scientists have discovered” series… Go Twitter!

By: MikeMc

MikeMc — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:52:05 +0000

It’s the economy, the less research funding available the greater the “pulled that number from our collective ass” percentage. Who can afford to pay for actual research these days?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:14:13 +0000

LOL, I think I spend at least 40 minutes a day on Facebook, Twitter, etc.

By: nope

nope — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:02:37 +0000

Another survey to ignore? Sure. I could, of course, equally ignore this article since it has no real point. It’s hardly the first voice heard to defend internet distractions during work time.
In addition, yes, I have no just wasted your time (and mine) further by leaving this comment…

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