On Sunday morning, pop/hip-hop star Nicki Minaj had 11 million followers on twitter and the number one record in the US. By Sunday night, however, she had deleted (or rather deactivated) her twitter account. After a heated exchange with some fans over some leaked music, Minaj seemingly had enough and decided the best course of [...]
Yesterday, I came across a nice looking infographic from Lab42 with some basic statistics on how people use twitter. It’s nothing too in depth, but does offer a nice quick overview. Lab42 was nice enough to allow me to share the image here. Take a look:
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