TwitDir - a Twitter directory

(en) TwitDir in the Guardian: Making the most of Twitter

Thu, 08 May 2008 10:23:34 +0200

(en) TwitDir in the Guardian: Making the most of Twitter

(en) Social media as popularity contest

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 23:22:51 +0200

(en) Social media as popularity contest:

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Whilst the drive for popularity might be most obviously manifest in thoroughbred social networking sites such as Facebook or MySpace, it is also present, albeit less conspicuously, in sites where social objects (e.g. videos, photos, bookmarks) are nominally the focus. Similarly, the prominence given to ‘number of followers’ (interesting terminology again) in Twitter is instructive, as is the existence of services such as TwitDirand Andrew Baron’s recent (abortive) attempt to auction his Twitter account (with followers, naturally).

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(no) Twitter-bølge i Norge

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 22:22:05 +0200

(no) Twitter-bølge i Norge: De siste ukene har det vært en merkbar økning av nordmenn på Twitter. På twitdir gir et søk på “norway” 490 treff. Siden mange ikke skriver inn verken hva de heter eller hvor de bor, er dette bare en del av de norske “twitterne”. Uansett har det blitt veldig mange flere siden vi skrev om mikroblogging i fjor høst. På den tiden var det ukesvis mellom hver gang noen kvitret på norsk.

New algorithm

Sat, 19 Apr 2008 16:42:52 +0200

I’m working on a new algorithm to follow the growth of Twitterers.

I’d like to be able to use it ASAP, but I still need to fine tune it.

FYI I’ve found some Twitterers that weren’t in TwitDir. I will add them soon.

I’ll keep you posted

Some improvements...

Sat, 19 Apr 2008 16:40:18 +0200

Hi fellow twitterers and twitdir friends,

I haven’t made change in TwitDir code for a while and I realized that some things needed to be done.

A few weeks ago, Charles Curran sent me an email with some remarks about the navigation bar.

I took in consideration his remarks, and made the changes. Thanks Charles.

The navigation bar is now replicated at the bottom and the confusing wording in the nav bar is now simpler : previous and next!

Hope you’d like…

Laurent

(en) Follow you, follow me: finding people on Twitter

Sat, 19 Apr 2008 15:30:32 +0200

(en) Follow you, follow me: finding people on Twitter

(en) Friends for Sale?

Sat, 19 Apr 2008 15:28:53 +0200

(en) Friends for Sale?

(en) Social Networking - The Twitterverse Debates

Sat, 19 Apr 2008 15:24:22 +0200

(en) Social Networking - The Twitterverse Debates

(en) TwitterFacts: Twitdir Tops

Sat, 19 Apr 2008 15:21:44 +0200

(en) TwitterFacts: Twitdir Tops

(en) Your attention is worth USD .34 and for sale

Sat, 19 Apr 2008 11:36:00 +0200

(en) Your attention is worth USD .34 and for sale: Andrew Baron, founder of Rocketboom is selling his Twitter account on eBay. With the current bid of 510 USD, each of his 1481 followers is worth .34 USD to the buyer. That is little more than you would pay for a click in Google Ads, which bears some interesting implications for everbody interested in monetizing Twitter attention at a large scale (e.g. Twitter). So if you would find a way of grabbing the attention of all twitter users (TwitDir tracks almost a million twitter users), this collective attention would be worth 330435 USD, which is much less than the 21 million valuation estimated by Techcrunch.Turning the calculation around, and taking this 21.88 USD per user valuation, however Andrew Baron’s account would be worth 32411 USD

(en) ego surfin'

Sat, 19 Apr 2008 11:33:05 +0200

(en) ego surfin'

(en) TheStar.com:Forget Facebook, everyone's a-Twitter

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 20:44:49 +0200

(en) TheStar.com:Forget Facebook, everyone's a-Twitter

(jp) 日本人 Twitter ユーザーは Favorite がお好き

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 13:59:59 +0200

(jp) 日本人 Twitter ユーザーは Favorite がお好き

(en) The Museum of Modern Betas Labs: Twitter 100

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 13:56:44 +0200

(en) The Museum of Modern Betas Labs: Twitter 100

(en) Who are the Top Twitterers in the World?

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 13:47:29 +0200

(en) Who are the Top Twitterers in the World?

(en) Tracking Your Twitter Growth With Twitterholic, TwitDir, Tweeterboard & Others

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 13:45:17 +0200

(en) Tracking Your Twitter Growth With Twitterholic, TwitDir, Tweeterboard & Others

سرویس‌هایی که همه توییتری‌ها باید از آنها استفاده کنند!

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 13:39:36 +0200

سرویس‌هایی که همه توییتری‌ها باید از آنها استفاده کنند!: 4 - TwitDir: با این سرویس هم می‌شود کسانی را پیدا کرد که بیش از همه دوستدار توییتری دارند، یا بیش از همه لحظه‌نگاشت‌های بقیه را دنبال می‌کنند و یا بیش از همه توییتر می‌کنند!

(en) how many users does twitter have?

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 13:36:55 +0200

(en) how many users does twitter have?

(en) Silicon Alley Insider: Twitter's Mysterious Follower Riddle: Biz Stone Weighs In

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 13:34:05 +0200

(en) Silicon Alley Insider: Twitter's Mysterious Follower Riddle: Biz Stone Weighs In: “There are apps built on our API that drive more connections”: One example Biz mentions: Twubble, which combs through your friends’ followers and recommends people that you might know. Others that fit this category are TwitDir (a Twitter directory that allows you to search for someone or something) and TwitterTroll(allows you to search through 1000s of indexed Twitters to find new people to follow), among others.

(en) 58 Twitter Apps (and then some)

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 13:30:08 +0200

(en) 58 Twitter Apps (and then some): TwitDir - a Twitter directory, search for fellow Twitterers.