Is Twitter Flickering Out? The Network Is Losing New Members by the Boatload

Those who Twitter are usually quitters according to a company that measures internet traffic.

The social networking site became a sensation overnight after it was praised by celebrities including Oprah Winfrey and Stephen Fry.

Audience figures shot up to seven million unique visitors this February compared to 475,000 the same month a year ago.

But research company Nielsen Online revealed that 60 per cent of users stop using the free website just a month after joining it.

‘There simply aren’t enough new users to make up for defecting ones after a certain point,’ Nielsen’s David Martin said.

In contrast the more established Facebook and MySpace manage to keep 70 per cent of their fans.

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May 9, 2009