Comments on: Twitter and Influence http://zachbraiker.com/2009/05/twitter-and-influence/ Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 11 Nov 2011 19:18:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Mark Pollard http://zachbraiker.com/2009/05/twitter-and-influence/comment-page-1/#comment-170 Mark Pollard Sat, 23 May 2009 10:41:00 +0000 http://quiverandquill.com/2009/05/twitter-and-influence/#comment-170 Good points. 'Influence' is such a mercurial thing that the 'scientific' approach many companies and tools are espousing will always be imperfect. But, some of the tools are useful as a starting point. Good points. ‘Influence’ is such a mercurial thing that the ‘scientific’ approach many companies and tools are espousing will always be imperfect. But, some of the tools are useful as a starting point.

]]> By: Dharmesh Shah http://zachbraiker.com/2009/05/twitter-and-influence/comment-page-1/#comment-169 Dharmesh Shah Tue, 12 May 2009 18:00:33 +0000 http://quiverandquill.com/2009/05/twitter-and-influence/#comment-169 Disclaimer: I'm the developer of Twitter Grader. I agree with you that current methods of determining the power and reach of twitter users (as manifest in tools like Twitter Grader) are imperfect. I agree with your approach of looking at retweets and link clicks. We're already using retweets in the Twitter Grader algorithm. I've also looked at adding link-clicks. The challenge is doing these kinds of things at scale. It's non-trivial. Disclaimer: I’m the developer of Twitter Grader.

I agree with you that current methods of determining the power and
reach of twitter users (as manifest in tools like Twitter Grader) are imperfect.

I agree with your approach of looking at retweets and link clicks. We’re already using retweets in the Twitter Grader algorithm. I’ve also looked at adding link-clicks. The challenge is doing these kinds of things at scale. It’s non-trivial.

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