A WHOPPING ZERO PERCENT OF PEOPLE SAY THEY'D PAY TO USE TWITTER:

A new survey about Twitter makes one thing VERY clear: People like using it . . . but if it disappeared tomorrow, we'd all be over our depression by lunch.

--A survey by the University of Southern California found that ZERO PERCENT of people say they'd be willing to pay to use Twitter. Zero. Not a single person gets enough fulfillment out of Twitter to give them a single penny.

--Jeffrey Cole, who led the study, says, quote, "Such an extreme finding underscores the difficulty of getting Internet users to pay for anything that they already receive for free."

--"Consumers really want free content without advertising, but ultimately they understand that content has to be paid for one way or another."

--The survey also found that 55% of people would rather see advertisements on a website than pay to read its content.

(Mashable)