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WeFollow: user-tagged Twitter directory
A lot of Twitter directories have tried and failed to catch on, but WeFollow has two things that they don't. One, it promotes itself automatically, because users need to publicly tweet @wefollow to add themselves. And two, Kevin Rose. The Digg dude and one of the most-followed people on Twitter is behind WeFollow, which gives it an automatic boost in name recognition.
On the other hand, here's why I don't care about WeFollow. It's top-loaded, in a kind of leaderboard format. The front page displays the most popular people in the most popular categories. So, although the category list is deep, all the good stuff is hidden. Sure, you know Shaq's on Twitter, and you know who @ev is, but a front page that shows all the folks you're already most likely to follow doesn't seem the best way to make people's Twitter streams richer. It does seem to be a good way to get Kevin Rose more followers, though. In WeFollow's defense, though, I'll admit that the user-tagged system of adding yourself is cool and convenient.
On the other hand, here's why I don't care about WeFollow. It's top-loaded, in a kind of leaderboard format. The front page displays the most popular people in the most popular categories. So, although the category list is deep, all the good stuff is hidden. Sure, you know Shaq's on Twitter, and you know who @ev is, but a front page that shows all the folks you're already most likely to follow doesn't seem the best way to make people's Twitter streams richer. It does seem to be a good way to get Kevin Rose more followers, though. In WeFollow's defense, though, I'll admit that the user-tagged system of adding yourself is cool and convenient.
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Subscribe to commentsLee MathewsMar 16th 2009 12:02PM
Completely agree, Jay! It looks like a Twitter high score list right now, and didn't make it easier for me to find people to follow.
This could easily have been a ho-hum announcement in the torrent of Twitter apps I get by RSS, but Rose's rep gives it momentum.
PTMar 16th 2009 8:31AM
Another great idea from Kevin Rose!
Very useful site. Dividing twitters by tags is a great idea.
JordanMar 19th 2009 9:23PM
The problem with wefollow is that user's classify themselves and rank is determined by followers alone. As such, you get people submitting themselves to categories/tags that are not even relevant to them.
We believe in some level of editorial control and rankings based off of the suggestions of many users.
You can suggest additions to tweettop via "@tweettop [topic] [username]".
More details at http://www.TweetTop.com
roma_etaleMar 24th 2009 4:54PM
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bcarterMay 20th 2009 8:41AM
Excellent idea, I've used the site to list my own Twitter! With the Twitter market growing by leaps and bounds something like this was needed. I'm not surprised to see Kevin being the one to capitalize on it.