On October 30th, 2008 Mark Hawker wrote:
There are a number of resources available to rank Twitter users, or “tweepleâ€, including (alphabetically) Grader, Tweeple Twak, Twinfluence, TwitDir, Twitterholic and Twit Rank. However, the problem I find is that they are based primarily on quantitative data i.e. number of followers, number of following, updates etc. and nothing qualitative. Anybody can add hundreds of followers, but whose updates cut the mustard in terms of quality?
Being in the health care industry it is vitally important that you listen to the right people. Listening to the wrong person could have serious implications on your health or the health of others. To this end, I have compiled a list of the top 20 30 health tweeple I think you should follow based on the quality of their contributions and their overall influence in the field. Yes I will have missed people, and yes it will probably be biased, but at least it’s a start! So, the list:
- jenmccabegorman
- mindofandre
- carlosrizo
- pfanderson
- alensa
- bobcoffield
- tedeytan
- healthythinker
- ciscogiii
- knightsicre
- mdbraber
- anitasamarth
- endamadden
- philbaumann
- scanman
- symtym
- drval
- berci
- NurseDan
- Geek2Nurse
- MedicalQuack
- ThatScottGuy
- cerro
- ekivemark
- adistas
- HIMSS
- markhawker
- wjjessen
- 6oclockvintage
- drrwinters
Phew! I’d originally aimed for a top 20 but soon realised that wasn’t going to be enough. I plumped for a top 30 but there’s still probably a whole wave of people I’ve missed. Thanks for all of your suggestions, and do feel free to leave comments so I can prepare a revised list in the future. Happy tweeting!
January 23rd, 2009 | Articles about me, English
