Comments on: Dave Winer attacks Twitter’s suggested users list

By: Jim Connolly

Jim Connolly — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:33:15 +0000

Since writing this post months ago, Twitter have themselves said openly that the list is 100% unfair. They claim that this is why they have developed the Twitter List feature. I can guarantee this blog and my account will never end up on their list. We speak what we feel – that’s often NOT what Twitter wants people to read. It’s also why Scoble, Leo and others have been blackballed.

BTW: You better get as many followers as you can, the list’s getting axed very shortly.

http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/twitter_definitely_ditching_suggested_users_list.php

By: Access Anything

Access Anything — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:13:20 +0000

We didn’t pay to be on that list… granted we know someone who manages the list, but our company does good things, and I think some people on that list are like that.
I know it’s been an extremely powerful benefit for our company to have been listed, we went from 1000 followers to 20,000 in the two weeks we’ve been on it. I hope they continue to find valuable people for the list- but don’t knock it till you’ve been on it!

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[...] do it through their controversial Suggested User List (SUL) [...]

By: Charlie Flowers

Charlie Flowers — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 16:07:53 +0000

So, it was a buddy-buddy sort of thing, I should have known!

Maybe there was some sort of animosity between Biz or Ev and some of the former top Twitterers, and this is just all an elaborate scheme to take them down a few pegs! Ok, I’m just spitballing, but doesn’t that sound like an excellent conspiracy theory! :-)

By: Tech News Blog Editor | Jim Connolly

Tech News Blog Editor | Jim Connolly — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 15:28:02 +0000

Charlie,

Believe it or not, they said that they picked “their staff’s favorites.”

The only criteria, according to Biz Stone, was that Twitter’s staff like you! If they did, you got in. Weird way to run a business!!

By: Charlie Flowers

Charlie Flowers — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 15:11:41 +0000

I’d like to hear what Twitter has to say about all this. What was their selection criteria? Why didn’t they pick a few relatively unknown, up-and-coming individuals for their suggested users tool? Also, did anyone actually pay for a top spot?

Seeing since Twitter doesn’t really have a business model to raise money, this could be an excellent opportunity for them to raise some cash. After all, “a fool and his money are soon departed”…no offense to Calacanis who actually offered up a quarter of a million dollars for a two-year spot! ;D