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 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?
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.
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
Hottest day 1 panel? Day one of SXSW through the Taghive lens
The biggest trending topic for day 1 of SXSW was “Battle decks” with 146 tweets by 37 people. “iPad” had 47 tweets by 37 people. (Leading tag cloud as of 7pm last night is below. For a sense of scale, the smallest on the graphic is “stuffwedesignfor” with 47 tweets by 9 people.) After a… Continue reading Hottest day 1 panel? Day one of SXSW through the Taghive lens