I think the 60% figure applies to main website access not API calls. So if you use a twitter client and don't go back to the pretty aweful site, you show up as 'not using'.
Maybe the people your are following no longer use it as much? There's plenty of others that do - and it's as involving and compelling as ever listenning to them.
As with twitter, there is bound to be a period of 'novelty' sign ups- but unless people 'find their use' the novelty is bound to wear off. I suspect many will be characterised as 'audience' ultimately - simply owning a tape recorder didn't make audio geeks, commentators or reporters of us all and nor will audioboo - but as this 'audience' grows, so will the number of quality content producers ;)
It's therefore natural, in my opinion, that in the first year of a service like AudioBoo that you'll have a massive 'novelty user' influx, which then will ebb away as people who genuinely find the service superb, grow in numbers and the format 'finds its feet'. Every day I see a new and useful use for twitter emerging - and I think the same thing will happen with Audio Boo once the API is out and the mashup army can get to work propper.
Just my biased view I guess - as I continue to find it as compelling and 'engaging' and wouldn't dream of missing many people's posted content.
finally just to say I don't 'follow' like I would with twitter - I follow some often quiet and occassional Boo'ers - but that doesn't mean I lose interest in them - just wonder how they are occassionally - and how nice it would be to hear from them.
Incidentally, one thing we're building into uBoo.tv is the facility to suggest a person you want 'Back on Boo' - with enough votes they get sent an e-mail with the names of the 'petition' and a personal note from the 'vote' creator......maybe people tend to be self conscious and take a little nudge to give them the confidence to realise it's their Digital Voice and we DO want to hear it!
I guess I'm more evangelical than most about the service having had real benefit from it - but i know i'm not alone and i'm confident what we'll see is simply a shift in userbase - to people who currently use alternative broadcasting tools.....I'm sure Adam & Joe being equipped with it at Glastonbury this year will open more people's eyes to the service - and the API is desperately needed to bring in all our non-iphone owning friends.
Blimey - longest ever comment - I guess no-one has to read it ;) That's the thing I think lots of people could benefit from realising - it took a DM from Phil Campbell to get the message through to me - and i've not looked back. I don't care who listens. I have MY use for AudioBoo. It's bound to take time for the masses to find theirs.
Thanks for a thought provoking Boo. It certainly engaged me ;)
I think the 60% figure applies to main website access not API calls. So if you use a twitter client and don't go back to the pretty aweful site, you show up as 'not using'.
Maybe the people your are following no longer use it as much?
There's plenty of others that do - and it's as involving and compelling as ever listenning to them.
As with twitter, there is bound to be a period of 'novelty' sign ups- but unless people 'find their use' the novelty is bound to wear off. I suspect many will be characterised as 'audience' ultimately - simply owning a tape recorder didn't make audio geeks, commentators or reporters of us all and nor will audioboo - but as this 'audience' grows, so will the number of quality content producers ;)
It's therefore natural, in my opinion, that in the first year of a service like AudioBoo that you'll have a massive 'novelty user' influx, which then will ebb away as people who genuinely find the service superb, grow in numbers and the format 'finds its feet'. Every day I see a new and useful use for twitter emerging - and I think the same thing will happen with Audio Boo once the API is out and the mashup army can get to work propper.
Just my biased view I guess - as I continue to find it as compelling and 'engaging' and wouldn't dream of missing many people's posted content.
finally just to say I don't 'follow' like I would with twitter - I follow some often quiet and occassional Boo'ers - but that doesn't mean I lose interest in them - just wonder how they are occassionally - and how nice it would be to hear from them.
Incidentally, one thing we're building into uBoo.tv is the facility to suggest a person you want 'Back on Boo' - with enough votes they get sent an e-mail with the names of the 'petition' and a personal note from the 'vote' creator......maybe people tend to be self conscious and take a little nudge to give them the confidence to realise it's their Digital Voice and we DO want to hear it!
I guess I'm more evangelical than most about the service having had real benefit from it - but i know i'm not alone and i'm confident what we'll see is simply a shift in userbase - to people who currently use alternative broadcasting tools.....I'm sure Adam & Joe being equipped with it at Glastonbury this year will open more people's eyes to the service - and the API is desperately needed to bring in all our non-iphone owning friends.
Blimey - longest ever comment - I guess no-one has to read it ;) That's the thing I think lots of people could benefit from realising - it took a DM from Phil Campbell to get the message through to me - and i've not looked back. I don't care who listens. I have MY use for AudioBoo. It's bound to take time for the masses to find theirs.
Thanks for a thought provoking Boo. It certainly engaged me ;)