So far, I'm very impressed - I've found a number of new people to follow beyond my network, and also been able to check on interesting people among my followers.
Sending a quick acknowledging tweet with an 'estimate of time to create a report' is a good idea - because by the very nature of Twitter, people expect nearly instant gratification.
I'll add a few more suggestions via GetSatisfaction. Rock on guys!
Wayne Smallman
· 1 year ago
I was fortunate enough to feature on Mr Tweet, sometime on Tuesday (I think), which resulted in 100+ followers, which was and still is excellent.
However, I had no idea where those followers had come from, because Twitter doesn't offer that kind of information flow. I was told by someone else.
As a service, Mr Twitter is very informative and helpful; certainly helping me uncover people who'd followed me who I didn't even know about!
What I'd like to see is a Mr Tweet / SocialToo mashup. Now that would be cool...
Ee-Yuing
· 1 year ago
Looks like you guys are doing a great job and having fun at it! Glad you have a blog now!
Vince Verbeke
· 1 year ago
Good stuff. Thanks for thhe update. Appreciate the fact that you are being inundated with requests right now.
Yu Yu
· 1 year ago
Congrats Mr. Tweet! We'll be waiting for the updated reports. I think everyone's just really anxious to see who they should be "meeting"!
@brownoxford
· 1 year ago
Considering the amount of traffic that has been dumped in your lap overnight, I think you guys are doing great, keep up the good work!
Laura
· 1 year ago
The celebrity thing is probably my biggest issue. It suggests Guy Kawasaki for me but I haven't followed him for a reason: Content not relevant to my interests and low chance of interaction if I reply. I'd kind of prefer something which weights the value of those on my twitter follow list who have fewer followers but where they and others have a low number of followers with 2 or 3 people in common. That is where I am mostly likely to know some one and not realize it, where I am likely to find some one with which I can have meaningful Twitter interactions.
Some one who is following 2,000 people? As a non-power user of twitter, that isn't as helpful or as interesting to me. Relationship development is key. You can't necessarily do that with some one following that many people. (Er. See http://blog.fanhistory.com/?p=120 for more of an explanation as to my issues.)
gail
· 1 year ago
thanks for the blog. It answers many good questions especially the ones I didn't have to think of myself!
Paula
· 1 year ago
finding cool/appropriate/interesting/helpful people to follow is an issue and sometimes difficult, especially for new users. Thanks for your hard work to fill that hole!
Kris Hoet
· 1 year ago
Thanks for the update, was indeed looking for info on the report update myself. Great stuff anyway so keep it coming.
Bloggeries
· 1 year ago
I've seen this service all over twitter. My question is if I sign up will it automatically send a message into my timeline like the ones I'm seeing everywhere?
Cool service and once a few more bloggeries are added I'll be adding it to the directory.
All the best, Rob
T.S. Elliott
· 1 year ago
It has been over 48 hours since I followed and my other twitter friends who followed at the same time got a DM for estimated time and their report 2 days ago. I followed on Mon. or Tues. and I think I just got over looked. I am so not trying to rush or seem impatient. I know you are soo busy. Please forgive if you are working on me and I will wait even longer too. I just don't want to miss out on the great info cause everyone says it is so awesome!!! Thank you for this blog and all that you do.
@netgendesign
beachbum
· 1 year ago
Ive been waiting 2 weeks now. I guess mr. tweet has nothing to offer me.
Melody Campbell, The Small Bus
· 1 year ago
Nice tool in the making. I found it really cool to see and understand the influencers were following lil ole me! Mr Tweet, you make me love Twitter even more! Every coach, speaker & author should become a fan of Mr. Tweet!
Mike Cane
· 1 year ago
I'm glad I got a report before it went south again. It was very useful.
Why not give us all the option of NOT INCLUDING the "Net celebs"? I have ZERO interest in the so-called "A-list."
I'm looking for writers and book publishers -- not technologists.
I look forward to report updates!
Happy holidays. Get some sleep too.
jeremy wright
· 1 year ago
While I'm at about 72hrs wait time, if anyone understands scaling issues it's me ;-) g'luck guys, keep rawking :-)
L Martin Johnson Pratt
· 1 year ago
I feel ya on the lack of sleep i am in the middle of a successful launch of a 15 site/blog network so keep up with your juices, exercise and whatever you can do to release stress. I would disagree slightly with your time estimate i believe it to be more like a week which for the type of report that is offer for FREE is an ok wait time.
Allison Reynolds
· 1 year ago
Great work on making something that people want!
From the comments above it shows that people are prepared to wait for something they know will be of value and use to them, all through word-of-mouth.
Bravo MrTweet, I, too, am waiting on tenterhooks for my report to be processed.
@Ollie -> Thank you so much! And you are certainly right about the data part. Pretty hardcore.
@Mark -> Haha! Our first name is Santa, Santa Tweet. We try to do our best, and feedback has been core to us being able to improve the service continuously
@David -> Yes, the DM was suggested to us by our users
@Wayne -> Can you elaborate a little more about "socialtoo"?
@Ee-Yuing, @Vince, @Yu-yu, @brownoxford -> Thanks a lot for your understanding - much appreciated!
@Laura -> We actually do weight that, but I think it is great that you highlight it. Could certainly help a lot!
@Gail, Kris -> Glad the blog psoting helped
@T.S -> It is important for us to set expectations right, so 2 things here. (1) The 48 hours are for folks who sign up now. We had a huge influx over Tue/Wed, so the lag time would have been more than 48 hours. Slowly catching up! (2) We might not work that great for you, recommendations are hard to say. In the case of that happening, hope for your understanding and feedback!
@beachbum -> please DM us your username
@melody -> haha, thanks! We love SBGs. They are so important for bring small businesses into web awareness zone
@Mike -> Thanks! We now have so many different filters we need to build - No Alist, No rabid followers... ;)
@Jeremy ->Need to scale DB Writes. Any advice? hehe
@Martin -> Thanks for your understanding! Will be updating the wait time as we go along. :)
ejly
· 1 year ago
I heard about you guys and followed you on Weds night 11/26 (oh, about 48 hours ago...) I'm looking forward to getting my report or getting an update!
Pratik Patel
· 1 year ago
It may not be a bad idea to give our actual names and bios. Mr. Tweet is a great name as far as it goes. But don't hide behind it.
faryl
· 1 year ago
Nice service and nice update, guys! It looks like most of the "if only it did this" things are in the works. (What I'd love is to be able to sort on the different fields).
Glad you started this blog!
Just a thought - Have you considered using getsatisfaction.com to help keep track of your requests and upcoming features?
Missy
· 1 year ago
I don't remember how long I waited for my report but I did find the information very valuable. I found like the statistics included in the reports as well as the people suggested.
I like following some of the "internet celebs" so to speak but my report didn't have that many and I don't mind clicking past a page or so to finding the information I want, after all I have a library science degree.
Thanks for offering this service.
Amy (@allaboutenergy)
· 1 year ago
Thank you Mr. Tweet. You apparently are working hard and not sleeping to bring the reports and data to the Tweeple!
You are appreciated. I just signed up and have gotten a ETA of 100 hours for my report. That is fine. I will wait. I look forward to the valuable insights Mr Tweet provides!
I agree 100% that I want to follow people because they are interesting and I have lots to learn or have in common with them... Celebrity is not something I want or am looking for... but Interesting people I will follow anytime :-) Anyway you are doing great!! Lisi
Roger Saner
· 1 year ago
Good luck, guys! Good choice in going for stability over performance :)
Liz
· 1 year ago
I must have been lucky to hear about you when you first started a couple weeks ago because I only had to wait a couple of hours. I look forward to gettting updates to my list but I understand you want to take care of 1st timers before we head back for seconds.
I actually didn't have a lot of Internet celebrities on my list but I found the second part, about people who were following me who I wasn't following to be the most valuable. I don't always look closely at new follower notifications (since some people follow & then unfollow) so it was helpful to see who I had missed following back.
I'd love to know how you match up the first category, people one "should be following". Compatibility is so complicated and I think a lot of people here are asking for very specific matchups. With millions of Twitterers and a deactivated People Search on Twitter (boo!), I don't know what you use as a basis (bios? people someone already follows?) to suggest new people to follow. I'd love to hear more about than if it isn't proprietary information.
Thanks again!
randallmoeller
· 1 year ago
Hi, can you please send me (@randallmoeller) a DM letting me know when I might get a report? Thanks!
Free_music_
· 11 months ago
I got my list right away -- it was impressive. Not surprisingly -- Wil Weaton was on it. Zappos (dude he's everywhere) and many more -- I'd be curious how some of the folks relate, because it appears they are followed by others I follow... because they are cute, or well known... but I'm curious. Amazing work in any case, data mining at it's finest. Now, how do I get people to listen to my free music :)
Allie O
· 11 months ago
Is there a "Ms. Tweet" in the future? It would be cool to grow a women's network on Twitter, too..*man*. <grin>
david
· 11 months ago
Please, please, please can you get your service working again. It is a great idea, but I am sick of looking at the same list every time I log in.
tonybeach
· 11 months ago
Mr. Tweet...where have you been...I just read your listings on who I'm not following and the newest follows...and I thank you for an awesome report! Just what the doctor ordered and I will follow your advice biweekly to the T..I love how you have it laid out...very professional and neat! Tony Beach Hope I can help you in some way too...just ask? Need more traffic? I'll give you my best!
Demyan Lavor
· 10 months ago
You guys are doing a great job really really good job. Keep it up!
All Comments
Ollie
Heard great things though - it's not a dig, just childish anticipation.
(I'm 33 for goodness sakes!)
http://twitter.com/ramskill
Sending a quick acknowledging tweet with an 'estimate of time to create a report' is a good idea - because by the very nature of Twitter, people expect nearly instant gratification.
I'll add a few more suggestions via GetSatisfaction. Rock on guys!
However, I had no idea where those followers had come from, because Twitter doesn't offer that kind of information flow. I was told by someone else.
As a service, Mr Twitter is very informative and helpful; certainly helping me uncover people who'd followed me who I didn't even know about!
What I'd like to see is a Mr Tweet / SocialToo mashup. Now that would be cool...
Some one who is following 2,000 people? As a non-power user of twitter, that isn't as helpful or as interesting to me. Relationship development is key. You can't necessarily do that with some one following that many people. (Er. See http://blog.fanhistory.com/?p=120 for more of an explanation as to my issues.)
Cool service and once a few more bloggeries are added I'll be adding it to the directory.
All the best,
Rob
@netgendesign
Why not give us all the option of NOT INCLUDING the "Net celebs"? I have ZERO interest in the so-called "A-list."
I'm looking for writers and book publishers -- not technologists.
I look forward to report updates!
Happy holidays. Get some sleep too.
From the comments above it shows that people are prepared to wait for something they know will be of value and use to them, all through word-of-mouth.
Bravo MrTweet, I, too, am waiting on tenterhooks for my report to be processed.
@Mark -> Haha! Our first name is Santa, Santa Tweet. We try to do our best, and feedback has been core to us being able to improve the service continuously
@David -> Yes, the DM was suggested to us by our users
@Wayne -> Can you elaborate a little more about "socialtoo"?
@Ee-Yuing, @Vince, @Yu-yu, @brownoxford -> Thanks a lot for your understanding - much appreciated!
@Laura -> We actually do weight that, but I think it is great that you highlight it. Could certainly help a lot!
@Gail, Kris -> Glad the blog psoting helped
@T.S -> It is important for us to set expectations right, so 2 things here. (1) The 48 hours are for folks who sign up now. We had a huge influx over Tue/Wed, so the lag time would have been more than 48 hours. Slowly catching up! (2) We might not work that great for you, recommendations are hard to say. In the case of that happening, hope for your understanding and feedback!
@beachbum -> please DM us your username
@melody -> haha, thanks! We love SBGs. They are so important for bring small businesses into web awareness zone
@Mike -> Thanks! We now have so many different filters we need to build - No Alist, No rabid followers... ;)
@Jeremy ->Need to scale DB Writes. Any advice? hehe
@Martin -> Thanks for your understanding! Will be updating the wait time as we go along. :)
Glad you started this blog!
Just a thought - Have you considered using getsatisfaction.com to help keep track of your requests and upcoming features?
I like following some of the "internet celebs" so to speak but my report didn't have that many and I don't mind clicking past a page or so to finding the information I want, after all I have a library science degree.
Thanks for offering this service.
You are appreciated. I just signed up and have gotten a ETA of 100 hours for my report. That is fine. I will wait. I look forward to the valuable insights Mr Tweet provides!
In Joy and gratitude!
Amy
http://twitter.com/allaboutenergy
Anyway you are doing great!!
Lisi
I actually didn't have a lot of Internet celebrities on my list but I found the second part, about people who were following me who I wasn't following to be the most valuable. I don't always look closely at new follower notifications (since some people follow & then unfollow) so it was helpful to see who I had missed following back.
I'd love to know how you match up the first category, people one "should be following". Compatibility is so complicated and I think a lot of people here are asking for very specific matchups. With millions of Twitterers and a deactivated People Search on Twitter (boo!), I don't know what you use as a basis (bios? people someone already follows?) to suggest new people to follow. I'd love to hear more about than if it isn't proprietary information.
Thanks again!
Tony Beach
Hope I can help you in some way too...just ask? Need more traffic? I'll give you my best!