Twitter: Google Wave v Tidal Wave (Tsunami)

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Two of the biggest trending topics on Twitter at the moment are Google Wave and the Tsunami (Tidal Wave) in the South Pacific. I thought this would make an interesting comparison between how real world news stories compare to online tech news stories. Both are big topics that peaked within hours of each other, but the Tsunami was the bigger spike. However Google Wave has less of a tail off. This suggests that real world news stories are very short-lived in the social media Twittersphere where as online tech stories grab attention for longer.

google wave v tidal wave

We’re hoping to get some Google Wave invites through soon so should post a review in the next few days.

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Posted: September 30th, 2009 | Author: Seth Ball | Filed under: Uncategorized | 2 Comments »

2 Comments on “Twitter: Google Wave v Tidal Wave (Tsunami)”

  1. 1 Matt Thomas said at 2:01 pm on September 30th, 2009:

    Does it not suggest that Twitter is used by those interested in Tech news and not so much by those with non-tech interests. Comparing the news stories on the TimesOnline suggest Google Wave has barely got up and going where as the Tsunami is fully visible and moving forward.

  2. 2 subcorpus said at 1:23 pm on September 30th, 2009:

    hope google wave doesn’t kill anyone …

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