Once you’ve found all of your existing friends who are already on Twitter, how do you know how to find who to follow, and do so with internet speed? Twitter has, according to their e-mail Newsletter, “created a selection of tools to help you discover the accounts that are creating the information you want.” (Read more about it on their blog.)
Here’s what they’ve done, just for you:
• Worked with LinkedIn to create the Tweets app on LinkedIn — useful for finding and following tweets from your colleagues.
• Published a directory of popular accounts organized by topics of interest
• Released a feature called Suggestions for You which makes follow recommendations on Twitter.
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Okay, that helps you find who to follow, but what about those who are following YOU?Â
Mashable offers a list of five different ways to visualize what your followers are all about.
1. TwitterSheep generates a keyword cloud based on the text in your followers’ bios. It’s quick, easy and free!
2. Neuro Productions browser allows you to see the circles of connections on Twitter. Enter any Twitter user’s name and the app will load up a circle of contacts, along with their thumbnail pic and latest tweet. Click on any of those people in the circle and do the same.
3. ISParade trots your followers’ pics out with stick figure bodies so you can see them in a parade.
4. TweepsKey is confusing to describe, but here it goes: it displays your “tweeps” as differently colored and sized dots depend on the number of tweets and how many followers they have. Or something like that.
5. Crowded Ink “Friends” Mug lets you print your followers photos on a coffee mug that you can proudly display in your office.
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