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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

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)
    - DanielRibeiro 15y ago
      It is schedule every few hours. The biggest issue now is twitter limit request, which is what I'm solving right now. Also the attention is not that bad (8775 visits so far). Also, heroku's varnish cache on static assets, html page and on Ajax requests is pretty great. And mixpanel is handling the metrics, so I'm pretty covered.
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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!

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)
  - DanielRibeiro 15y ago
    It is schedule every few hours. The biggest issue now is twitter limit request, which is what I'm solving right now. Also the attention is not that bad (8775 visits so far). Also, heroku's varnish cache on static assets, html page and on Ajax requests is pretty great. And mixpanel is handling the metrics, so I'm pretty covered.
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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!