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TweetSum - calculate the Douche-Bag Index of your followers on Twitter

9 points by calvin 18y ago

paul7986 18y ago
I wish Twitter would put in the new follower mail notification the amount of followers vs. following; 10 to 100 someone worth following, while 1000 to 10 not worth following back as they are most likely a spammer!
froo 18y ago
Hmm, now I wonder if we can calculate the Douche-Bag rating of the guy narrating the video - honestly, I just wouldn't trust putting my details into that site after having watched the video. I know they say "we don't store your info", but I'm not 100% convinced. Anyway, this might be a worthwhile if it was part of a twitter client itself, like an adobe air app.
- clemesha 18y ago
  Yeah, I think that video is an example of (good intended ?) sarcasm gone wrong. I'm sure the creator wanted to convey a feeling of "fun-ness", but instead I feel that it just diminishes the validity of his app.
jrockway 18y ago
I tried this, and the results were useless. I do have a queue of people that want to follow me that I haven't followed back yet, and it seems like this tool would help. However, obvious spammers like "ebaytochina" had scores of 100%, where as members of my family were near the bottom of the list. I don't understand what the DBI is (other than a database module for Perl), so I don't see how it can help me. Anyway, it's kind of sad that people think that this is their path to "fuck you" money.
- calvin 18y ago
  The higher the rating, the more of a douchebag they are. Plus, from what I know about the project it's not something they're trying to make money on -- they're having fun. There's an article about the creators on Seattle 2.0 - http://www.seattle20.com/blog/Startup-Profile-TweetSum.aspx http://www.seattle20.com/blog/Startup-Profile-TweetSum.aspx
  - froo 18y ago
    Plus, from what I know about the project it's not something they're trying to make money on I disagree after having read the terms of use and privacy policy. Here are some gems. - In addition, from time to time we may collect personal information that you provide in connection with participation in surveys, sweepstakes, contests, games, promotional offers, and other activities on the Site. - we also will collect your credit card and billing information. - contact you about our or a third party's services, products, activities, special events or offers Given the tone of what they plan to do with your information once they've collected it, this isn't a site I'd sign up for.
jonursenbach 18y ago
Oh great, another pointless Twitter application that needs my password.
jackowayed 18y ago
not sure if the guy(s) who wrote this is/are here, but I don't think this should need my pass. You can fetch someone's followers without the pass. (I've done it.) In Ruby, it would be (from a working Sinatra app that I really need to get deployed): Twitter::Base.new('username', 'password').all_followers_for(params[:user1])
- jackowayed 18y ago
  oh, I guess they need it for following/unfollowing. but there should be a passwordless version that just shows everyone's douchebag index

9 points by calvin 18y ago

I wish Twitter would put in the new follower mail notification the amount of followers vs. following; 10 to 100 someone worth following, while 1000 to 10 not worth following back as they are most likely a spammer!

froo 18y ago

Hmm, now I wonder if we can calculate the Douche-Bag rating of the guy narrating the video - honestly, I just wouldn't trust putting my details into that site after having watched the video. I know they say "we don't store your info", but I'm not 100% convinced. Anyway, this might be a worthwhile if it was part of a twitter client itself, like an adobe air app.

clemesha 18y ago
Yeah, I think that video is an example of (good intended ?) sarcasm gone wrong. I'm sure the creator wanted to convey a feeling of "fun-ness", but instead I feel that it just diminishes the validity of his app.

jrockway 18y ago

I tried this, and the results were useless. I do have a queue of people that want to follow me that I haven't followed back yet, and it seems like this tool would help. However, obvious spammers like "ebaytochina" had scores of 100%, where as members of my family were near the bottom of the list. I don't understand what the DBI is (other than a database module for Perl), so I don't see how it can help me. Anyway, it's kind of sad that people think that this is their path to "fuck you" money.

calvin 18y ago
The higher the rating, the more of a douchebag they are. Plus, from what I know about the project it's not something they're trying to make money on -- they're having fun. There's an article about the creators on Seattle 2.0 - http://www.seattle20.com/blog/Startup-Profile-TweetSum.aspx http://www.seattle20.com/blog/Startup-Profile-TweetSum.aspx
- froo 18y ago
  Plus, from what I know about the project it's not something they're trying to make money on I disagree after having read the terms of use and privacy policy. Here are some gems. - In addition, from time to time we may collect personal information that you provide in connection with participation in surveys, sweepstakes, contests, games, promotional offers, and other activities on the Site. - we also will collect your credit card and billing information. - contact you about our or a third party's services, products, activities, special events or offers Given the tone of what they plan to do with your information once they've collected it, this isn't a site I'd sign up for.

jonursenbach 18y ago

Oh great, another pointless Twitter application that needs my password.

jackowayed 18y ago

not sure if the guy(s) who wrote this is/are here, but I don't think this should need my pass. You can fetch someone's followers without the pass. (I've done it.) In Ruby, it would be (from a working Sinatra app that I really need to get deployed): Twitter::Base.new('username', 'password').all_followers_for(params[:user1])

jackowayed 18y ago
oh, I guess they need it for following/unfollowing. but there should be a passwordless version that just shows everyone's douchebag index