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How are Twitter mentions a reliable source of data about the job market??

The tweets in question were from the #Code2011 hash tag where devs were saying what languages they used in 2011 and from tweets collected by my site http://jobstractor.com which tries to find people hiring devs on Twitter. Hope that sounds a bit more sane :)

I read that. Surveys are fun, but such data shouldn't be taken for measure.

Number of job postings vs average number of offers submitted is one of the first factors that come to mind when seeeking a supply/demand number on the job market, not twitter popularity contests.

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