[diego]

I think it's barrier to entry. It must be very frustrating to join Twitter today, see people with thousands of followers and not having any.

Most non-famous people I know who joined Twitter recently follow 50-100 people and have a handful of followers (who know them in real life). They get bored quickly and stop using it.

[stephengillie]

But those people still have an account...the article is about people who haven't even tried Twitter.

[recursive]

I joined Twitter several years ago but I still had the same experience.