Australia's Next Top Model prediction nothing to twitter about IT'S the venue of choice for many to blow off steam and pontificate among like-minded souls, but if this week's crowning of Australia's Next Top Model taught us anything it is that social media isn't a particularly accurate barometer. Even in a competition decided by popular vote, and catering to an audience dominated by teenage girls, pundits who based their predictions on the mood online got it hopelessly wrong. While Twitter and Instagram had long determined Nyadak "Duckie" Thot to be the firm favourite, followed by Shanali Martin, it was social media long shot Melissa Juratowitch who took out the top prize. Clearly perplexed by the notion that Twitter chatter could be anything less than foolproof in doubling as a crystal ball, Juratowitch's victory was described by many as a shock result. On the contrary, it was simply a reflection of the not unusual fact that fans of the show invested enough to vote for their preferred winner were not necessarily the same casual observers venturing comments on social media. With only 12 per cent of Australians on Twitter - and not all of them active - it isn't a medium as reflective of the broader population as some of its more vocal users might like to think.