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By: Why Twitter Can Seem Intimidating « Social Media Snippets

Why Twitter Can Seem Intimidating « Social Media Snippets — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 14:41:33 +0000

[...] important point being that you focus on Quality over Quantity. Dave Fleet did a good post on this topic and given how the Web continues to tailor towards niche communities and interests, it’s key [...]

By: Autoacid

Autoacid — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 05:35:47 +0000

actully, i dont like using Twitter.

By: Scott Meis

Scott Meis — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 17:59:35 +0000

Completely agree with you Dave. Quality over quantity and I think that speaks to the larger social media trend of helping hone in and connect with niche interests and communities. I respect that some Twitter users that have a ton of followers may be leaders in the field but I find that I get far more use out of the site just monitoring what these folks are saying and instead connecting with a core group of users who have similar interests and great ideas to share. They haven’t adopted this for Europe yet, but TwellowHood actually auto-ranks based on the number of followers one has – http://www.twellow.com/twellowhood/

By: Michael Litman

Michael Litman — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 21:42:07 +0000

Dave,

Great article. It’s a fascinating area for research, authority is a hugely subjective matter. One person’s authority is another’s minority.

I’d be interested to get your thoughts on the following blog post – and your readers too! All the best. M

http://tinyurl.com/7akqlc

By: Danny Brown

Danny Brown — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 20:45:35 +0000

Echoing the sentiment that Joe Boughner made, you’ve read my mind by about 3 days – dammit!!

As pretty much everyone’s saying here, it’s too flawed to be of any use. Auto-follows, spam follows, follows then unfollows to boost numbers… there are too many variants for this to work.

Besides, authority to me is someone who knows what they’re talking about and share that knowledge for the benefit of others. Authority is when I hear someone say “That guy/gal knows his/her stuff, you should check them out.”

It’s like the whole Twitter Grader carry on – it’s a fun tool, nothing more, nothing less. Yet people are saying “You should listen to me, I’m a Twitter Elite.” Yeah? Don’t you mean Twitter Elitist?

Show me a tool that can be classed as a Twitter Connector and then I might be interested. Saying someone has authority because they’re followed by Darth Vader, The Real Britney Spears and other similar “names”? Nah, not for me, thanks.

Cheers Dave, another damn fine post.

By: lisawilberding

lisawilberding — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 20:31:56 +0000

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By: nicolemw

nicolemw — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 19:11:01 +0000

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Good thoughts from @davefleet on why authority and number of followers shouldn’t determine worth on Twitter, [link to post]

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Top 5 SM Trends That Should Die Before 2009 : 42 Points on a Double Word Score — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 18:20:50 +0000

[...] for the link to Dave Fleet’s post, I found that once again he beat me to the punch and made a great argument against yet another new potential service, Twitter Authority [...]

By: Joe Boughner

Joe Boughner — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 17:40:42 +0000

*Slow clap* – Dave, I don’t know how you do it, but you keep echoing my own thoughts in your blog. And you manage to do it days before I dream of similar posts.

Twitter authority is bullshit. I follow a lot of the so-called Twitter Rock Stars, those with thousands and thousands of followers, and while many of them do an admirable job of engaging followers, it’s impossible for them to keep up with the flow. I much prefer convos with my little Canadian (largely Ottawa and TO) circle of PR friends; I tend to get more out of them.

By: rharris

rharris — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 14:53:51 +0000

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