How Black People Use Twitter

In April, Edison Media Research released a survey which found that nearly one-quarter of people on Twitter are African-American; the firm noted this was "approximately double the percentage of African-Americans in the current U.S. population." -Slate

Slate’s How Black People Use Twitter article created a minor trending and dying uproar among the internet’s (supposed) black community.A This article maybe be a vaportrend, seeing as the stats are most definitely wrong in the first place.A Why would we assume that people with black avatars on twitter are black

I was a little taken aback by the #browntwitterbird, but Imani J. Walker let me know I wasn’t alone.A Both are interesting reads.

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Posted: September 2nd, 2010
at 10:30am by Black Ock


Categories: #twitterisfothebirds

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