Sunday, June 14, 2009

The power of Twitter’s "suggested user" list - NYTimes.com

June 13, 2009

Mr. Rogers had many neighbors, but was always looking to add more. On Facebook, people who have hundreds of “friends” still collect them avidly: “Will you be my friend, we already have 15 in common?”

Twitter, the social-networking site of the moment, traffics in a different currency — “followers,” who presumably are loyal to you, fascinated by you, enthralled by you. Imagine what you could accomplish with an army of followers, the lands you could conquer...