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 showing of… Continue reading Who does Congress follow?
How Twiangulate measures reach
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 friend/follower… Continue reading How Twiangulate measures reach
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 opposite direction. Kinda… Continue reading Trying too hard in your Twitter bio?
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?
Mapping Twitter activity during the Egyptian revolution
“In a case of ironic symbolism, the far left-most satellites are the Whitehouse, State Department, and Wael Ghonim’s employeer, Eric Schmidt, who is merely a speck on the map. And that’s probably how everyone in the rest of the network would like this future to look. ” See the map here.
LinkedIn adds connection mapping for member profiles
LinkedIn’s new service is very cool, allowing a user to label the various groups she discerns among her contacts. The cluster mapping was, as far as I could tell, very accurate. Here’s the map for Henry Copeland.
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.