Park Life 70 Posted July 13, 2009 Share Posted July 13, 2009 A research note written by a 15-year-old Morgan Stanley intern that described his friends' media habits has generated a flurry of interest from media executives and investors. The US investment bank's European media analysts asked Matthew Robson, an intern from a London school, to write a report on teenagers' likes and dislikes, which made the Financial Times' front page today. His report, that dismissed Twitter and described online advertising as pointless, proved to be "one of the clearest and most thought-provoking insights we have seen – so we published it", said Edward Hill-Wood, executive director of Morgan Stanley's European media team. "We've had dozens and dozens of fund managers, and several CEOs, e-mailing and calling all day." He said the note had generated five or six times more responses than the team's usual research. His colleague, Julien Rossi, added: "It's an interesting starting point for debate." The rapid surge of interest in social networking and messaging sites has prompted speculation that sites such as Twitter or Facebook could be taken over. But Robson's report, which was sent to Morgan Stanley's clients as a research note last Friday, suggested that such a move could be folly. He said teenagers were using more and more media, but they were unwilling to pay for it. "Teenagers do not use Twitter," he wrote. "Most have signed up to the service, but then just leave it as they realise that they are not going to update it (mostly because texting Twitter uses up credit, and they would rather text friends with that credit). They realise that no one is viewing their profile, so their tweets are pointless." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayatollah Hermione 12866 Posted July 13, 2009 Share Posted July 13, 2009 Newsflash: The majority of the internet is useless. It's been good for porn and illegal downloads. That's it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 70 Posted July 13, 2009 Author Share Posted July 13, 2009 Newsflash: The majority of the internet is useless. It's been good for porn and illegal downloads. That's it. I've always thought that meself. But I was out for a beer on Sat with an internet marketing guru who works with big brands like Vodaphone and he was saying that budgets thrown at the web have been growing every year for about 10 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayatollah Hermione 12866 Posted July 13, 2009 Share Posted July 13, 2009 Newsflash: The majority of the internet is useless. It's been good for porn and illegal downloads. That's it. I've always thought that meself. But I was out for a beer on Sat with an internet marketing guru who works with big brands like Vodaphone and he was saying that budgets thrown at the web have been growing every year for about 10 years. Because they all want higher speeds to download their porn, obviously. It's all about the smut. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 70 Posted July 13, 2009 Author Share Posted July 13, 2009 Newsflash: The majority of the internet is useless. It's been good for porn and illegal downloads. That's it. I've always thought that meself. But I was out for a beer on Sat with an internet marketing guru who works with big brands like Vodaphone and he was saying that budgets thrown at the web have been growing every year for about 10 years. Because they all want higher speeds to download their porn, obviously. It's all about the smut. Why do you do twitter? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayatollah Hermione 12866 Posted July 13, 2009 Share Posted July 13, 2009 Newsflash: The majority of the internet is useless. It's been good for porn and illegal downloads. That's it. I've always thought that meself. But I was out for a beer on Sat with an internet marketing guru who works with big brands like Vodaphone and he was saying that budgets thrown at the web have been growing every year for about 10 years. Because they all want higher speeds to download their porn, obviously. It's all about the smut. Why do you do twitter? No conceivable reason. I signed up to it, followed a few celebrities, then, BAM, addiction. It doesn't give me anything in return, there's no effort involved but I can't stop popping a little non-sequiter in there every other day. And I may not have been 100% serious with the porn thing btw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 16994 Posted July 13, 2009 Share Posted July 13, 2009 Twitter is boring as FUCK! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasepud 59 Posted July 13, 2009 Share Posted July 13, 2009 unless you follow nuscteam of course Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maggiespaws 0 Posted July 13, 2009 Share Posted July 13, 2009 Should that not be "follow the nuscteam twitter feed" Pud? Hashtag #nuscteam if you use tweetdeck and the like Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 9176 Posted July 13, 2009 Share Posted July 13, 2009 You couldn't be bothered to put the report on here Parky? How lazy and inconsiderate are you? I shall tweet on this later, mark my words that the 3 followers of mine will judge you most harshly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted July 13, 2009 Share Posted July 13, 2009 Shitter! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 70 Posted July 13, 2009 Author Share Posted July 13, 2009 You couldn't be bothered to put the report on here Parky? How lazy and inconsiderate are you? I shall tweet on this later, mark my words that the 3 followers of mine will judge you most harshly! 2 of them are your fat sistahs isn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adios 717 Posted July 13, 2009 Share Posted July 13, 2009 Newsflash: Teenager unimpressed by world that doesn't revolve around him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ender4 0 Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 it is rubbish. Facebook is much better. also annoys me when people called it a social networking site. It isn't! Its more of a instant blog site... ie: where you find out what celebs/people you are interested it are doing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 70 Posted July 20, 2009 Author Share Posted July 20, 2009 it is rubbish. Facebook is much better. also annoys me when people called it a social networking site. It isn't! Its more of a instant blog site... ie: where you find out what celebs/people you are interested it are doing. Facebook is pretty shit as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 it is rubbish. Facebook is much better. also annoys me when people called it a social networking site. It isn't! Its more of a instant blog site... ie: where you find out what celebs/people you are interested it are doing. Facebook is pretty shit as well. Yep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ender4 0 Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 haha.. you got me there. well, i think Facebook is pretty decent, but i won't get into that debate on the Twitter thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 70 Posted July 20, 2009 Author Share Posted July 20, 2009 haha.. you got me there. well, i think Facebook is pretty decent, but i won't get into that debate on the Twitter thread. I can digg that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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