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good knowledge from a geeky development side on Twitter and Facebook.
That he happens to run SocialToo as well is a bonus. He knows his
product better than anybody, so I have no issues with his mentioning
it, with disclosure, of course.
On another note, let me take this opportunity to thank you for being so patient with me over the last six month's. I feel I have learned so much from you, and others in the community. For some reason though, your opinion matter's to me. There aren't many people I can say that about. I look forward to this coming year and all that you have to share. lol
loyal visitors and commenters? It is you whom I should be thanking. As
always, I appreciate your comments. You are too kind.
Therefore, I think both sides of the coin are equal.. irrespective of where you are coming from.
offering the option to rank by # of followers should absolutely be
enabled. That's not the be-all and end-all of rankings, but there's no
reason it should not be developed.
I think the ranking should be based by way of interactions and the number of replies one receives. This too is not the most perfect way but it is a step in the right direction, IMHO.
The stars authority based ranking is nothing but demanding their pound of flesh for making a service popular. There's nothing wrong with that though as they are investing their time and energy. I read Scoble say that what matters is who you follow and not who follows you..But follow too many people and you get lost in the chatter.
Maybe a "favourites" feature rolled out to anyone with more than a certain # of followers/following will be "reward" for being active while the rest of us can play?
In the long run, it makes sense to eat what you can digest.
/me looks around nervously.
I'm reacting to this statement: "Aside from the fact that I enjoy the team of great writers I work with on this blog, I have a much louder, and because of that, more authoritative, voice here. More people listen with a larger audience than those with a small audience. And like it or not, all bloggers trying to compete play the numbers game - that's simple marketing."
I think the fact that someone has a larger audience doesn't give them any more credibility or authoritativeness than anyone else. I think credibility is the thing that we're all missing here - the most "authoritative" person in a search on a plane crash in Denver would be someone on the plane - and then someone doing the investigation. not who has the most followers. Same for the most "credible". Being loud means people want to listen to what you are saying - a great thing, but doesn't mean everything you say is great or correct. Sports figures are a perfect exemplar of this - millions of people listen to their endorsements but no one considers them authoritative or necessarily credible.
I think the most important thing that comes with a large audience is responsibility.
You make a great point that is often under-valued in the blogosphere - distribution matters. Distribution (in Twitter's case "followers") matters because the broader the distribution the more influence you are able to wield (authority).
Distribution is authority because without it, your ideas are worthless (or near so). The more distribution you have the greater your authority. The reach of your ideas and their ability to impact the ecosystem (blogosphere/twitter in this case) creates authority.
Newspapers knew this when they would launch in a new city - the idea was about getting as many eyeballs as possible to build your reputation and authority in the city. Once you had the eyeballs then you had the influence.
Ideas that don't spread aren't authoritative. Authority and distribution go hand-in-hand. (And it works both ways, either as a broadcaster or a listener.)
Great post.
http://agitationist.com/1500-more-reasons-twitt...