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Interesting... it seems you must have some other criteria because my (admittedly woefully outdated) profile lists my (admittedly neglected) Twitter account, but

Interesting... it seems you must have some other criteria because my (admittedly woefully outdated) profile lists my (admittedly neglected) Twitter account, but I don't see myself on there. ~5000 karma should put me only a couple pages in.

veyron 15y ago
No its because he's using HN search. I would venture to guess that most of your karma is driven by comments, for which HNS records as 1 karma (comment karma is hidden, so HNS can't get that info and assumes 1 )
- jseliger 15y ago
  This might argue for making comment karma viewable after a thread has existed for, say, a month: at that point, the absolute scores probably don't matter much for fresh readers, but the raw data could still be useful for efforts like this one.
DanielRibeiro 15y ago
Hi Andy. I am sorry, but not everybody had a clear twitter username on their profile. You are right, the list was complemented with the data from this one: http://talkfast.org/2010/07/28/twitter-users-most-followed-by-readers-of-hacker-news http://talkfast.org/2010/07/28/twitter-users-most-followed-b... I've added you to the direct list. Note that the inference algorithm is quite forgiving, so "twitter @Locke1689", or "@Locke1689 on twitter", or even "twitter: Locke1689" would all have worked out. About 50 people (from a pool of 1000) with twitter accounts on their profile were left out due to this not so optimal inference.
- barrkel 15y ago
  Indeed, I've reduced mine to '@barrkel'. But I'm not hungry for fame or followers.
- Swizec 15y ago
  I think you could have easily assumed any word starting with @ is a twitter profile, especially if it does in fact correspond to an existing twitter profile. Also, I feel left out. :P
  - DanielRibeiro 15y ago
    Yeah, I've tried a lot of these things. Unfortunately emails get caught up as well. And then you get users like yahoo, gmail, and so on. As it gets out, people who are interested into being listed can just put "twitter: " before their @twitterusername. Not being very thorough also allows people to self-exlude from the listing. Which seems be in the interest of some.
    - Mz 15y ago
      Not being very thorough also allows people to self-exlude from the listing. Which seems be in the interest of some. That's a great point. Can you post info on the site on how to be included or self exclude for those who have a twitter account? (I don't but have considered getting one. I would kind of like to know how to self exclude should I get one. I've had lots of issues over the years with unwanted, negative attention. One of my primary concerns these days is having some control over how much exposure I am getting.) Thanks so much.
      - DanielRibeiro 15y ago
        Sure thing. For now, I just make clear that things like "myname on twitter" and "twitter is myname" will never be considered.
        Mz 15y ago
        Thanks.
    - Swizec 15y ago
      Edited! How often does the list get refreshed? Or is it live? (if it's live, how are you handling the attention without melting servers)
- deleted 15y ago
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- Alex3917 15y ago
  I'm not on there even though I have a direct link to my twitter account. If I was left out on purpose then that's fine, just letting you know in case it's a bug though.
  - DanielRibeiro 15y ago
    Edit: Thanks for reporting Alex! I was missing 3 other users from the leadersboard. Should be all good now. Hi Alex. I am sorry you were not listed. My first user sources were hnsearch[1][2] and on Twitter Users Most Followed by Readers of Hacker News[3]. I am adding the leader's list to the user discovery, and this should be solved shortly. [1] http://www.hnsearch.com/search#request/users&q=twitter&sortby=karma+desc http://www.hnsearch.com/search#request/users&q=twitter&#... [2] http://www.hnsearch.com/search#request/users&q=twitter.com&sortby=karma+desc&start=0 http://www.hnsearch.com/search#request/users&q=twitter.c... [3] http://talkfast.org/2010/07/28/twitter-users-most-followed-by-readers-of-hacker-news http://talkfast.org/2010/07/28/twitter-users-most-followed-b...
- Locke1689 15y ago
  No problem, just curious. Thanks for the hard work!

veyron 15y ago

No its because he's using HN search. I would venture to guess that most of your karma is driven by comments, for which HNS records as 1 karma (comment karma is hidden, so HNS can't get that info and assumes 1 )

jseliger 15y ago
This might argue for making comment karma viewable after a thread has existed for, say, a month: at that point, the absolute scores probably don't matter much for fresh readers, but the raw data could still be useful for efforts like this one.

DanielRibeiro 15y ago

Hi Andy. I am sorry, but not everybody had a clear twitter username on their profile. You are right, the list was complemented with the data from this one: http://talkfast.org/2010/07/28/twitter-users-most-followed-by-readers-of-hacker-news http://talkfast.org/2010/07/28/twitter-users-most-followed-b... I've added you to the direct list. Note that the inference algorithm is quite forgiving, so "twitter @Locke1689", or "@Locke1689 on twitter", or even "twitter: Locke1689" would all have worked out. About 50 people (from a pool of 1000) with twitter accounts on their profile were left out due to this not so optimal inference.

barrkel 15y ago
Indeed, I've reduced mine to '@barrkel'. But I'm not hungry for fame or followers.
Swizec 15y ago
I think you could have easily assumed any word starting with @ is a twitter profile, especially if it does in fact correspond to an existing twitter profile. Also, I feel left out. :P
- DanielRibeiro 15y ago
  Yeah, I've tried a lot of these things. Unfortunately emails get caught up as well. And then you get users like yahoo, gmail, and so on. As it gets out, people who are interested into being listed can just put "twitter: " before their @twitterusername. Not being very thorough also allows people to self-exlude from the listing. Which seems be in the interest of some.
  - Mz 15y ago
    Not being very thorough also allows people to self-exlude from the listing. Which seems be in the interest of some. That's a great point. Can you post info on the site on how to be included or self exclude for those who have a twitter account? (I don't but have considered getting one. I would kind of like to know how to self exclude should I get one. I've had lots of issues over the years with unwanted, negative attention. One of my primary concerns these days is having some control over how much exposure I am getting.) Thanks so much.
    - DanielRibeiro 15y ago
      Sure thing. For now, I just make clear that things like "myname on twitter" and "twitter is myname" will never be considered.
      - Mz 15y ago
        Thanks.
  - Swizec 15y ago
    Edited! How often does the list get refreshed? Or is it live? (if it's live, how are you handling the attention without melting servers)
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Alex3917 15y ago
I'm not on there even though I have a direct link to my twitter account. If I was left out on purpose then that's fine, just letting you know in case it's a bug though.
- DanielRibeiro 15y ago
  Edit: Thanks for reporting Alex! I was missing 3 other users from the leadersboard. Should be all good now. Hi Alex. I am sorry you were not listed. My first user sources were hnsearch[1][2] and on Twitter Users Most Followed by Readers of Hacker News[3]. I am adding the leader's list to the user discovery, and this should be solved shortly. [1] http://www.hnsearch.com/search#request/users&q=twitter&sortby=karma+desc http://www.hnsearch.com/search#request/users&q=twitter&#... [2] http://www.hnsearch.com/search#request/users&q=twitter.com&sortby=karma+desc&start=0 http://www.hnsearch.com/search#request/users&q=twitter.c... [3] http://talkfast.org/2010/07/28/twitter-users-most-followed-by-readers-of-hacker-news http://talkfast.org/2010/07/28/twitter-users-most-followed-b...
Locke1689 15y ago
No problem, just curious. Thanks for the hard work!