Instead of relying on complex, secret “influence” algorithms like Klout and Peer Index, Twiangulate measures influence as reach, the number of people who follow a tweeter’s real biggest followers. When calculating biggest followers, Twiangulate only includes people who might actually read tweets. We exclude mega accounts that follow more than 11,000 people or with a… Continue reading How Twiangulate measures reach
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How recruiters can source great candidates by analyzing Twitter’s hidden networks
Looking for awesome job candidates? By analyzing who key people within a target industry or business follow, Twiangulate helps recruiters identify highly-value, passive candidates. This blog posts shows how just ten minutes of digging can reveal hundreds of potential job candidates on Twitter. As you’ll see below, this can be done even inside a notoriously… Continue reading How recruiters can source great candidates by analyzing Twitter’s hidden networks
Who does Congress follow?
Who does Congress follow? Dan Amira and the New York Magazine Intelligencer team did a lot of good digging into a pile of Twiangulate data a few weeks back. The usual suspects @thehill (followed by 62.9% of Congress), @politico (61.2%), @cspan (61%) and @rollcall (59.9%) were most followed. The big surprise came in the strong… Continue reading Who does Congress follow?
Trying too hard in your Twitter bio?
Here’s a list of overused words in Twitter bios that fail by telling rather than showing. Click the words below to see who uses each in Twitter. Expert or Maven (33,209) It’s up to your peers, not you, to declare you an expert. Too often, seeing “expert” in a bio sends us running in the… Continue reading Trying too hard in your Twitter bio?
Wikipedia social network analysis discovers hierarchies
“Early results may indicate that Wikipedia isn’t as communal, egalitarian and free of division of labor as thought. Hierarchies featuring bosses and workers, elites and the not-so-elite, have developed. This may, in fact, be necessary when humans organize to produce something as complex as an encyclopedia, despite the essentially democratic nature of network technologies that… Continue reading Wikipedia social network analysis discovers hierarchies
How to find people on Twitter
There are two easy ways to find a person on Twitter, even when the person is not using her/his exact name as a Twitter ID. First, you can use Twiangulate’s “keyword” search for the person’s name. Here are 53 people who are identifying themselves as “Lucy Smith” on Twitter. If this method doesn’t work, try… Continue reading How to find people on Twitter
Twitter mapping
Wondering who is the hub in a small network? Sometimes it’s not the account with 50,000 followers who connects the best within a company or industry, but an account with just 50 followers. Get us a list of people and we’ll map their relationships so you can figure out the hidden influencers.
Perez Hilton app for Iphone
Our colleagues in Budapest helped create this Perez Hilton app. Go ahead and download the app if you’re in the mood for some crazy gossip.
Biggest Twitter followers
Use this search to compare two or three tweeps and see who has the biggest set of followers. Running a political campaign and want to know how your candidate is doing versus the other candidates? Think that @aplusk has the biggest followers even if @britneyspears has more followers? Want to know which social media influentials… Continue reading Biggest Twitter followers
The Twitter run-off in North Carolina
With the NC U.S. Senate Democratic primary runoff one month away, candidates Cal Cunningham (@calfornc) and Elaine Marshall (@elaine4nc) are deadlocked in recent polls. Is the race that close? With many pundits predicting low voter turnout, this election could very well be decided by the candidates’ social media clout. Using Twiangulate, our tool for analyzing twitter friends… Continue reading The Twitter run-off in North Carolina