{"id":94,"date":"2009-10-13T10:34:00","date_gmt":"2009-10-13T10:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/?p=94"},"modified":"2009-10-13T10:34:00","modified_gmt":"2009-10-13T10:34:00","slug":"twittering-a-game-of-broken-telephone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/?p=94","title":{"rendered":"Twittering a game of broken telephone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/Mark_Goldberg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;\" alt=\"Twitter\" src=\"http:\/\/a0.twimg.com\/a\/1255384803\/images\/twitter_logo_header.png\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>A quick look at a <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/1QjIs3\">Wired story<\/a> about a new internet statistical <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/1QjIs3\">report<\/a> led to a number of tweets proclaiming the decrease in relevance of P2P traffic. Successive re-tweets added commentary &#8211; not all accurate.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/jacobglick\/status\/4833395644\">first<\/a> asked if anyone would tell the CRTC: <\/p>\n<blockquote style=\"font-size: 85%; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); text-align: justify;\"><p>P2P is sooooo 2007. Hopefully someone will tell the #CRTC. http:\/\/bit.ly\/1QjIs3 <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>A few re-tweets later, we saw a <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/michaelgeist\/status\/4835694992\">re-tweet<\/a>, dropping a couple syllables in &#8220;so&#8221; and adding commentary stating &#8220;study finds big drop in P2P traffic&#8221;: <\/p>\n<blockquote style=\"font-size: 85%; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); text-align: justify;\"><p>P2P is so 2007. Hopefully someone will tell CRTC.[study finds big drop in P2P traffic] http:\/\/bit.ly\/1QjIs3 <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>That one got <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/sniderm\/statuses\/4835743205\">re-tweeted<\/a> with another editorial addition:<\/p>\n<blockquote style=\"font-size: 85%; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); text-align: justify;\"><p>So does this mean Rogers will drop the bit cap? study finds big drop in P2P traffic] http:\/\/bit.ly\/1QjIs3 <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>But, in reality, there was no drop in P2P traffic reported in either the study or the Wired article. The article spoke of a drop in the <i>proportion<\/i> of total internet traffic, with P2P file sharing dropping from 40% in 2007 to 18% today.<\/p>\n<p>To look at P2P traffic totals, you need to see what total internet traffic was doing in that 2 year period. According to a recent <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/3o0OPU\">report on a Telegeography release<\/a>, total internet traffic is up 188% (up 79% in 2009 and 61% in 2008). As a result, total P2P traffic appears to have actually <span style=\"font-style:italic;\">increased<\/span> 25% in the 2 year period &#8211; hardly a &#8220;big drop&#8221;. <\/p>\n<p>Smaller than average growth is not the same as a decrease. Will someone tell the CRTC that little factoid?<\/p>\n<p>Twitter&#8217;s 140 character limit shouldn&#8217;t mean a sacrifice in accuracy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A quick look at a Wired story about a new internet statistical report led to a number of tweets proclaiming the decrease in relevance of P2P traffic. Successive re-tweets added commentary &#8211; not all accurate. The first asked if anyone would tell the CRTC: P2P is sooooo 2007. 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