How do you decide if a user is worth following on Twitter? Previously, you had to base this decision on the few details available – the user’s avatar, description and the last couple of tweets. Not very reliable is it. Well the good news is, a new service called Twtrland now converts Twitter streams into a detailed profile page to help you decide whether they would be of interest to you.
The founders of the service, explain that:
“We take a bag of tweets, analyze them, and create a profile page which show-casts the person behind them. Currently we focus on behavior patterns, Famous words, Top Followers, Links, Replies, Songs, Pictures and Check-Ins…
…Twitter has become so much more than the ‘I’m hungry’ kind of service” it started out as, where people tweeted about the mundane details of their lives. Our Twitter feeds are now made up of 140- character posts that define who we are. The goal of twtrland is to make that information visible, and I think they’ve done a wonderful job of it.
Simply type in the Twitter handle (username) you want to analyze, and Twtrland will build a profile of them based on the number of followers they have, how often they retweet and are re-tweeted, how often they tweet, how they interact with other users, photos they’ve posted and a whole lot more.
Each profile presents a pie chart showing you the percentage of the users plain tweets, replies, pictures, mentions, links and re-tweets that make up the user’s stream.
Twtrland is nifty tool to help you get a more holistic idea of whether you should follow someone, (without the hassle of stalking them that is). Is this something you see yourself using?
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