The Top 20 Countries And Cities On Twitter
- The USA wins with 141.8 million accounts representing 27.4% of all Twitter users, ahead of Brazil, Japan, the UK and Indonesia
- For cities, Jakarta finished ahead of Tokyo, London, Sao Paulo and NYC
10 Commandments of Twitter for Academics
- Put up an avatar. It doesn’t really matter what the picture is, but the “egg picture” (the default avatar for new accounts) makes you look like a spammer.
- Don’t pick a Twitter name that is difficult to spell or remember.
- Tweet regularly.
- Don’t ignore people who tweet at you. Set Twitter to send you an e-mail notification when you get a mention or a private message. If you don’t do that, then check your account frequently.
- Engage in conversation. Don’t just drop in to post your own update and disappear. Twitter is not a “broadcast-only” mechanism; it’s CB radio.
- Learn the hashtags for your subject field or topics of interest, and use them.
- Don’t just make statements. Ask questions.
- Don’t just post links to news articles. I don’t need you to be my aggregator.
- Do show your personality. Crack some jokes.
- Have fun.
photo via flickr:CC | @jbtaylo
