Comments on: Labour's REAL top-20 influencers on Twitter

By: Political Scrapbook

Political Scrapbook — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 16:53:37 +0000

@clrjones Great e.gs of Tweeting Labour MPs are @KerryMP @Andrew_GwynneMP. More here http://bit.ly/aoggLl and here http://bit.ly/afmA4C

By: Alasdair

Alasdair — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 15:20:35 +0000

I’m sure this has already been mentioned, but I think TweetLevel’s off. If it’s true, my (@ralasdair)’s TweetLevel of 50.3 should put me above Will Straw, Left Foot Forward, and David Miliband!

By: Political Scrapbook

Political Scrapbook — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 13:03:18 +0000

@Chris Paul: I think the system might distinguish from mentions and actual RTs (Tweetminster does). The “RT” format has now gained the official endorsement of Twitter, so sceptical as to whether “via” and other notations are counted as RTs.

By: Political Scrapbook

Political Scrapbook — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 12:57:55 +0000

@Matt Wardman: Agree on ping-pong posts skewing TweetLevel and issues with granularity.

But even such a blunt tool can still help to show that narrow “followers = influence” falls flat on its face when other metrics are brought in, a notion that is intuitive to anyone who uses Twitter regularly anyway.

Off with their twocks!

By: Matt Wardman

Matt Wardman — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 12:16:15 +0000

I think you are probably wasting your time with Tweetlevel. It doesn’t offer this level of precision, and I suspect over emphasises ping-pong pettiness (sorry!).

I gave them extensive feedback 2 weeks after launch demonstrating fluctuations of up to 5-10 points within a week on a sample of a number of “top political tweeters” from both left and right.

If you want another metric, then try Twitter Grader.

Having said that, I’m out of penis size competitions for the next few months.

Oh for a cosmic Bobbit to cut them all off! Twankers.

By: Jack Hart

Jack Hart — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 09:16:15 +0000

At least I know I rate above @SallyBercow, @DMiliband, @SadiqKhan & @Kevin_Maguire http://bit.ly/aoggLl – Even if it is a floored poll…

By: Conor

Conor — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 02:32:09 +0000

My ‘influence’ is almost entirely based on people RTing my #REALdavefacts. I’ve waited a long time for the day when influence is based on how good ou are at making stuff up about David Cameron.

By: James Hepplestone

James Hepplestone — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 23:20:30 +0000

RT @kevpeel: is sceptical and amused to see his name as the 8th most influential Labour Tweeter on the @psbook list! http://bit.ly/aoggLl

By: Adam

Adam — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 23:18:15 +0000

Looks like the conclusion is that these sort of algorithms suck?

By: Kevin Peel

Kevin Peel — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 23:16:21 +0000

is sceptical and amused to see his name as the 8th most influential Labour Tweeter on the @psbook list! http://bit.ly/aoggLl