I “knew” I had followers that spanned the globe, but it makes a huge difference the moment you “see” it.
And thanks to TwitterAnalyzer, the most comprehensive analytics and metrics service that I’ve ever encountered (someone prove me wrong), I now feel more intelligent about my followers, myself, and how I use Twitter.
Perhaps the best thing about the service is the fact that I don’t actually have to give them my password.
*whew*
I think we’ve had enough of those types of scares, right?
But here’s the big question for all of us to consider: Is it just enough to “know” about our Twitter-usage and Twitter-community? What’s really the point to all of this data?
Have you used your metrics/analytics of your Twitter-usage to your advantage? Data and research is only as good, generally speaking, as the intended and practical use of it, or it just ends up being another vanity-tool.
Thoughts?
Created an account, logged in. Nothing. Do I have to wait for a confirmation e-mail?? Pfft.
now it's working apparently.
I'm still not sure what to make of the various Twitter analysis services. The rating from each one are based on certain assumptions about what makes one a more "valuable" tweep, and it's not always easy to find out what those assumptions are. One of the most controversial is the value of RTs (Re-Tweets). Some of the analysis software puts a lot of value on how much you are RTed. But some users feel that RTs are more annoying than helpful. I'm not of that opinion, but many of my friends seem to be.
I'm still not sure what to make of the various Twitter analysis services. The rating from each one are based on certain assumptions about what makes one a more "valuable" tweep, and it's not always easy to find out what those assumptions are. One of the most controversial is the value of RTs (Re-Tweets). Some of the analysis software puts a lot of value on how much you are RTed. But some users feel that RTs are more annoying than helpful. I'm not of that opinion, but many of my friends seem to be.
I just put up a map of all my blog readers and I think that it is pretty cool to see where people are.
Although I would prefer to put some names to the dots on the map.
I think it helps knowing where a person is from when communicating.
But you can't really get past thinking that there are either too few dots or that there are a huge number – making you feel noticed – or not.
Let's face it: there is a seed a vanity in our desire to use any of these metrics. We may try to mask it in needing the analytics for business or ministry but deep down inside we all know better than that.
How much we actually use these services depends on whether we ar ein blogging and tweeting more for social fun or ministry or business profit.
For those of your twitter followers coming from outside the USA and Europe, this should be your first clue as to which languages might be wise to include for a translation plugin for Human3rror and ChurchCrunch…
Mongolian maybe?
vanity, o vanity, where is thy…?
I just did this and I need to spend some more time with the data.