Comments on: It’s Not How Many Followers You Have That Counts, It’s How Many Times You Get Retweeted

By: ReTweet ~ The Wild Thing In Twitter | Social @ Blogging Tracker

ReTweet ~ The Wild Thing In Twitter | Social @ Blogging Tracker — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 13:08:58 +0000

[...] rankings, I would suggest you to have a look at TechCrunch’s well-written article about It’s Not How Many Followers You Have That Counts, It’s How Many Times You Get Retweeted. [...]

By: توبيكات ايمو

توبيكات ايمو — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 20:02:45 +0000

oh please noooooo now everyone will say “please RT this” instead of “Please digg this” – or “I need 3 more followers to reach 100″or whatever dampens interesting conversation

By: A URL Shortener For Maximum RTs (ReTweets) | The Other Blokes Blog

A URL Shortener For Maximum RTs (ReTweets) | The Other Blokes Blog — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:58:52 +0000

[...] wrote a post on how ReTweets are viewed as a proxy for Authority in the Twitter world. This means that the [...]

By: حلقات مسلسل السجينه

حلقات مسلسل السجينه — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 02:57:31 +0000

I agree with Ronald that relationships are what count. Building relationships take effort and time It iss very hard to quantify. In our research for Zentact, we found that the number of followers on twitter and for that matter the number of contacts in LinkedIn did not inherently correlate with the number of relationships one might have

By: Common Parlance » Blog Archive » Content, kings and civil social media

Common Parlance » Blog Archive » Content, kings and civil social media — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 11:13:20 +0000

[...] is king‘ on the web. Any blog post (and now any Twitter post that stands a chance of being re-tweeted) should contain some new information, analysis or synthesis to avoid being lost in all the noise. [...]

By: Greg Stielstra

Greg Stielstra — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 17:07:46 +0000

Count followers to rank authors (the person’s popularity). Count reTweets to rank Tweets (the strength of the idea they expressed). GS

By: There Is No Authority In Social Media | Chris Baskind dot com

There Is No Authority In Social Media | Chris Baskind dot com — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 19:03:50 +0000

[...] floated a more interesting idea, It’s Not How Many Followers You Have That Counts, It’s How Many Times You Get Retweeted. But re-tweets remain linked to popularity: the more followers you have, the more likely it is [...]

By: claire

claire — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 01:40:37 +0000

Hey there, I’ve got a twitter detective question for my account (ratio has dropped from 40 to 17 in weeks) and can’t seem to find anyone willing to answer. If you get this and are willing, Id love an email back…

By: BloggersBase Internet

BloggersBase Internet — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 17:33:07 +0000

Are You A Twitter ReTweet Thief ?…

Lately the Twitter world has been buzzing over the art of ReTweets. Let’s quickly look at the facts on a ReTweet or RT.A ReTweet is based upon the word Tweet. Tweet is slang used in……

By: Are Morch

Are Morch — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 21:32:03 +0000

School Of Retweet…

Great article together with some really great insight here. One the most informative articles I have seen on Retweet.

Thanks for this info.

Cheers..

By: Tweet-a-tweet | The Red Pill Manifesto

Tweet-a-tweet | The Red Pill Manifesto — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 16:39:05 +0000

[...] Techcrunch – It’s not how many followers you have that counts, it’s how many times you get retweeted. [...]

By: 4 ReTweet Tools and Trackers | PowerTeam Marketing Network

4 ReTweet Tools and Trackers | PowerTeam Marketing Network — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 19:01:36 +0000

[...] There’s been a lot of buzz around Twitter about ‘ReTweeting’ lately. Quite a bit of it has been a result of some of the conversations like this one at TechCrunch – It’s Not How Many Followers You Have that Counts, It’s How Many Times You Get Retweeted. [...]

By: 4 ReTweet Tools and Trackers | RSS To Twitter - The easiest way to send RSS feeds directly to Twitter

Wed, 21 Jan 2009 20:46:46 +0000

By: ArticleSave :: Uncategorized :: Retweetist Discovers Most Valuable Users And Accounts From Twitter

Tue, 20 Jan 2009 07:06:10 +0000

[...] you really think it’s not the number of followers on Twitter that counts but how many times stuff gets retweeted, Retweetist might be the right service for you. The [...]

By: Ric Raftis

Ric Raftis — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 04:12:00 +0000

A great article and some excellent input in comments regarding algorithm calculations.

I’m amazed at the some of the negativity towards Twitter in many of the comments. Twitter is one of the greatest innovations of our time and is a fantastic social connector. I have built many wonderful relationships through Twitter that would not have happened otherwise. Many of these occur for other people through what I would call the “wisdom of the crowd”. Your Tweets won’t be retweeted unless they are considered of worth. As this occurs, others become interested in you and what you do and start to follow you.

Whether you like it or lump it, Twitter is definitely here to stay.

Cheers,

@RicRaftis

By: Retweetist Discovers Most Valuable Users And Accounts From Twitter | Warwickshire Web Design

Mon, 19 Jan 2009 19:53:56 +0000

[...] you really think it’s not the number of followers on Twitter that counts but how many times stuff gets retweeted, Retweetist might be the right service for you. The [...]

By: manu prasad » Authority doesn’t figure

manu prasad » Authority doesn’t figure — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 08:15:54 +0000

[...] engine has used the number of followers as a measure to decide authority. TechCrunch promptly suggested the number of RTs (ReTweet) as a better indicator. But while it does place more importance to the [...]

By: RT @Techcrunch: Retweetist Discovers Most Valuable Users And Accounts From Twitter Retweets

Sun, 18 Jan 2009 16:45:22 +0000

[...] you really think it’s not the number of followers on Twitter that counts but how many times stuff gets retweeted, Retweetist might be the right service for you. The [...]

By: Re-Tweeting: What’s the Deal?

Re-Tweeting: What’s the Deal? — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 19:50:55 +0000

[...] links as a major ingredient in their web site ranking algorithms, and now many are saying that how often one’s updates are re-tweeted is a major factor in determining their authority as a T…. And the importance of determining Twitter authority will only rise as the service continues its [...]

By: A Dignifed Retweet | socialevangeli.st

A Dignifed Retweet | socialevangeli.st — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 05:15:35 +0000

[...] streams will boost the chance of a buzz getting traction, whatever one thinks about the recent debate on authority [...]

By: re.Twit’d « Wir sprechen Online.

re.Twit’d « Wir sprechen Online. — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 10:20:28 +0000

[...] 2009 | # | Tags: .EN, Net, re.Twit’d, Retweets, Stats, Tweets, Twitter, Web http://re.Twitd.com lists the most frequently retweeted tweets at Twitter; http://cli.gs/4pWnWy [...]

By: Are You A Twitter ReTweet Thief ? | Social Media Vision

Are You A Twitter ReTweet Thief ? | Social Media Vision — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 06:19:00 +0000

[...] wrote a post on how ReTweets are viewed as a proxy for Authority in the Twitter world. This means that the [...]

By: Authority doesn’t figure | brants

Authority doesn’t figure | brants — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 04:05:28 +0000

By: Pavan K

Pavan K — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 12:58:10 +0000

The comment from Comment really made me smile.

It has to be said though, it is interesting to see how people literally show signs of hate for something that is beyond their comprehension.

The power of twitter, for me, is in knowledge. In real time I have Scoble, Kawasaki, O’Reilly – leading thinkers (and doers) in the industry posting short and sweet tweets. Even less known bloggers/designers like Paddy Donnelly who are great, real and knowledgeable characters:

http://iampaddy.com

These go into my favourites (UK), and I read them when free from work. Each and everyone has been hugely enlightening.

Here is some inspiration for designers:

Here is some inspiration for bloggers:

guykawasaki Ten most beautiful blogs of 2008 http://ping.fm/9ZtIK

Here is some inspiration for entrepreneurs:

http://blog.guy...rt_of_the_.html
http://www.yout...h?v=L3xaeVXTSBg

(Admit I had the above links before Twitter, but then following Guy has yesterday given me the below link – which many of you will like:)

http://www.idea...1/startup_fail/

Here is some motivation for investors:

“timoreilly @davemc500hats: re Peter Rip “The Coming Venture Capital Boom” http://tinyurl.com/8ycf93 I agree that now is time to invest.”

I could post so many more links than I have ever bothered to bookmark (’favorite’) from crawling even great discovery sites etc. Again the key is that these thoughts, these links, and their knowledge – comes directly from people that not only put their money where their mouth is, but shape the industry… Big or small fish, their impact is always beyond moderate.

By: An Attention Ponzi Scheme? | The Noisy Channel

An Attention Ponzi Scheme? | The Noisy Channel — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 22:21:41 +0000

[...] There’s been a lot of chatter in the blogosphere lately about whether the number of followers a person has on Twitter is indicative of that person’s authority. I give Loic Le Meur credit for starting this discussion. The most popular alternative seems to be to measure how many times someone’s messages are retweeted. [...]