{"id":1347,"date":"2009-11-04T13:39:00","date_gmt":"2009-11-04T13:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/twiangulate.com\/blogwp\/?p=1347"},"modified":"2023-01-12T13:40:37","modified_gmt":"2023-01-12T13:40:37","slug":"twiangulate-a-birds-eye-view-of-twitter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/twiangulate.com\/blog\/twiangulate-a-birds-eye-view-of-twitter\/","title":{"rendered":"Twiangulate: a bird\u2019s eye view of Twitter<\/a>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Want to help test a new service we\u2019re coding? Drop me a line and I\u2019ll get you a beta code for Twiangulate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The service is simple, something we originally designed for staff use.

Exhausted by plowing through lists of hundreds of people who our favorite tweeters follow, we rigged Twiangulate to (you guessed it) triangulate: create a short list of interesting people by comparing two or three target Tweeters\u2019 followees.

The process combines the robustness of code with the discernment of hand-sorting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n



Here are a few pre-baked lists:
Politicos: @benpolitico + @jmartpolitico + @AriMelber<\/a>
Open gov geeks: @cjoh + @ellnmllr + @bill_allison<\/a>
Reason editors, past and present: @nickgillespie + @mleewelch + @vpostrel<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n



Turns out that AriMelber, benpolitico and jmartpolitico follow 34 people in common. AriMelber and benpolitico follow another 24 in common. AriMelber and jmartpolitico follow another 47. And benpolitico and jmartpolitico follow a separate set of 53.

If you\u2019re a DC-news geek, charting who is on one list but not the others is fascinating. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Does anyone else care? Maybe not.

Twiangulate\u2019s ambitions aren\u2019t huge. We\u2019re just trying to help people more efficiently figure out who their friends, enemies and peers are following. Twiangulate augments Twitter\u2019s SUL and its new \u201cuser generated\u201d Lists, which offer essentially monocular snapshots of a dynamic, multi-dimensional world.

Taking a more social approach, Twiangulate aggregates the wisdom of small crowds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Want to help test a new service we\u2019re coding? Drop me a line and I\u2019ll get you a beta code for Twiangulate. The service is simple, something we originally designed for staff use. Exhausted by plowing through lists of hundreds of people who our favorite tweeters follow, we rigged Twiangulate to (you guessed it) triangulate:… Continue reading Twiangulate: a bird\u2019s eye view of Twitter<\/a><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"CLOSED","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1347","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t