Barry Ritholtz Quotes

The thing that excites me, and the thing that excited me about Twitter, is the idea of a flock of birds moving around an object in flight.

With Twitter and other social networking tools, you can get a lot of advice from great people. I learn more from Twitter than any survey or discussion with a big company.

Twitter has become a group conversation of that type that used to take place on trading floors.

Twitter is an amazing public tool with an incredible capacity for public good.

In one sense, Facebook is very focused as an address book, as efficient communication. It's like e-mail or like IM or something like that. And we do those things, too, but we do so much more. We try to focus on the whole world and all the things that people are interested in, rather than just people to people, or one to one communication.

I have to say, I worry about Twitter. Not that it will survive - they don't need my blessing for that - but that it will stay the kind of open, community-enhancing-and-enabling site that made it flourish at the outset.

Facebook is at the forefront. It's the company that can fundamentally change the way information is being exchanged and processed. It can be the basis for artificial intelligence to develop over time.

Facebook, from what I can tell, is the virtual equivalent of dropping into the homes of several million people, all of whom say at the same time: 'Hey! Let's set up the slide projector!'

Thanks to social media such as Facebook and Twitter, a far wider range of people take part in gathering, filtering and distributing news.

I have a Twitter and have followers from all over the world. It's pretty overwhelming.

Twitter isn't a social network, it's an information network.

The thing I really like about Twitter is the speed with which information reaches me. You find out things from Twitter long before they're on the news. That, I think, is valuable.

That's my favorite part of Twitter: it's instant fan mail.

Twitter has been a godsend for travelling.

I read so many things because a colleague or a friend will post something, and I'll be able to learn a tremendous amount only because they drew attention to it. So I try to do that for others, and that's the great thing about social media. It's not always a narcissistic cesspool or waste of time.

I don't mind Twitter. I think it's a lot of nonsense, but at least, to me, Twitter is just more of a public forum to have conversation.

Social media is great in some ways - if we're able to spread good messages.

I think that Twitter is a useful reporting tool sometimes, but an utterly toxic swamp that nonetheless I engage in more than I probably should.

I think social media is a great place to share ideas and to connect with other people.

There's so much information accessible to everyone now because the Internet is so powerful; social media is so powerful.

I think what's been really awesome about the Internet is the ability to reach people from so many different walks of life and stages in their life.

Everything I know about Facebook makes me want to avoid it. Twitter has really improved my reading habits.

I could go on Twitter, Instagram, and literally, my soul will be lifted by things that I see. It just makes me really happy.

I met people through Twitter whom I wouldn't have otherwise. Readers sent me story tips over direct message. Many pointed out errors, but most did it respectfully, and I was appreciative.

For me, social media is a one-way deal. It's like all the traffic goes one direction and I don't care how many people follow me, I don't care how many people like what I do, give me a thumbs up or whatever it is. I am here to share a piece of information that I've decided is relevant to our relationship as musician and audience member.