Top 10 Twitter Authority
Chris Baskind post "There is No Authority in Social Media" caught my attention. The gist of the post, in my understanding, is how some of the 3rd party Twitter-value added sites measures "authority". I think it depends on where you are coming from. Here are some thoughts in parallel to blogs where influence or authority is usually measured:
To pursue this discussion further, I invite you to participate by either replying to the comments or post it in your blog on who do you consider as the top 10 Twitter authority and why. Your list can be based on:
- number of followers or subscribers.
- number of reblog or retwits.
- number of replies or comments.
- number of links or special mention.
- and many more.
- volume of search on the topic where the said twit status is viewed the most.
- volume of replies.
- volume of re-twits.
- volume of clicks on the url shared.
To pursue this discussion further, I invite you to participate by either replying to the comments or post it in your blog on who do you consider as the top 10 Twitter authority and why. Your list can be based on:
- the folks you follow at Twitter (state their Twitter id so we can follow too)
- the folks you value the information and view the urls they share.
- the folks you don't hesitate passing on their twits.
- that if you'll be reduced to following certain number of folks (like 20 or 30), these are the people you won't take out from your list.