Ask YC: Whats your Twitter handle?

Post by slim » Tue, Mar 25, 2008, 10:20 AM UTC

wallflower wrote: post #40

slim wrote: post #37

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yes. follow only interesting people. here is the workflow : 1- create a twitter account 2- find people you already know on twitter and follow them (try googling their name + twitter) 3- setup alerts on topics you like (hint : setup an alert for your geographic area) 4- manage people you follow : if somebody sucks, unfollow him. if your receive an alert, follow the user who sent the twit for some time and decide later…

Can this be automated? I love Techmeme. A system for surfacing new conversations from interesting twitter users. I assume twitter pied pipers like Scobleizer would need to be weighted (downwards). Kind of a TechMeme for twitter. Has anyone done this yet?

Post by xugglybug » Tue, Mar 25, 2008, 9:51 PM UTC

Post by andrewparker » Wed, Mar 26, 2008, 2:54 PM UTC

jamesbritt wrote: post #33

andrewparker wrote: post #25

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The hook is the serendipity the service creates in your life.

"The hook is the serendipity the service creates in your life." Could you give some detail? Doesn't Twitter demand at least some time and attention? From what I've seen, most of what shoots past is astonishing in its lack of content and value. So, while some posts may be useful, I don't see that the results justify the attention required. Is there some preferred way to avoid the drivel and catch only the good stuff?