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Nice idea. I guess you could still do something similar by looking for verified accounts tweeting with your campaign hashtag(s). Or accounts that are otherwise

Nice idea. I guess you could still do something similar by looking for verified accounts tweeting with your campaign hashtag(s). Or accounts that are otherwise 'known' to be a celeb - there must be a directory out there.

rmc 14y ago
'known' to be a celeb - there must be a directory out there This is essentially what they did. Use Wikipedia as that directory. If you have the real name, you can check it.
- rpicard 14y ago
  This doesn't seem to account for the fact that multiple people can have the same name. I don't play hockey, nor am I Canadian: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Picard https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Picard
  - RyanMcGreal 14y ago
    That's presumably why the author had the list sent to him: to manually verify the potential VIP signatories before promoting them in the media.
    - rpicard 14y ago
      That's probably a good opportunity to make sure that they're comfortable with being used to promote the petition too. The script / using big names to promote the cause is a pretty smart idea.
- bazzargh 14y ago
  No, I mean, with twitter you have ids and you can map those to real people. You often won't have a name other than the id, and the id won't normally be in wikipedia. For example, '@antanddec' is the twitter account for two UK tv presenters, but the account doesn't have their full names spelled out. It is verified though, which is usually a clue that they're someone (relatively) famous. Also, unlike wikipedia, it is unambiguous - you can easily check that it is the celeb and not someone else with the same name (eg @warrenellis, who isn't the musician)
  - pavel_lishin 14y ago
    > You often won't have a name other than the id, and the id won't normally be in wikipedia I wonder how long before this stops being the case. (e.g., http://i.imgur.com/Eiq5h.png http://i.imgur.com/Eiq5h.png)

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Nice idea. I guess you could still do something similar by looking for verified accounts tweeting with your campaign hashtag(s). Or accounts that are otherwise

by bazzargh 14y ago

rmc 14y ago
'known' to be a celeb - there must be a directory out there This is essentially what they did. Use Wikipedia as that directory. If you have the real name, you can check it.
- rpicard 14y ago
  This doesn't seem to account for the fact that multiple people can have the same name. I don't play hockey, nor am I Canadian: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Picard https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Picard
  - RyanMcGreal 14y ago
    That's presumably why the author had the list sent to him: to manually verify the potential VIP signatories before promoting them in the media.
    - rpicard 14y ago
      That's probably a good opportunity to make sure that they're comfortable with being used to promote the petition too. The script / using big names to promote the cause is a pretty smart idea.
- bazzargh 14y ago
  No, I mean, with twitter you have ids and you can map those to real people. You often won't have a name other than the id, and the id won't normally be in wikipedia. For example, '@antanddec' is the twitter account for two UK tv presenters, but the account doesn't have their full names spelled out. It is verified though, which is usually a clue that they're someone (relatively) famous. Also, unlike wikipedia, it is unambiguous - you can easily check that it is the celeb and not someone else with the same name (eg @warrenellis, who isn't the musician)
  - pavel_lishin 14y ago
    > You often won't have a name other than the id, and the id won't normally be in wikipedia I wonder how long before this stops being the case. (e.g., http://i.imgur.com/Eiq5h.png http://i.imgur.com/Eiq5h.png)