news rating and social media

i recently discovered newmogul, a news site covering business, management, leadership, the economy, with a social media component. registered users can submit articles and vote on each article submitted. the articles with the most votes percolate up the “leader list”. i like the simplicity of the concept – digg of course does [...]

twitter authority

this post got me thinking about twitter authority. here are my preliminary thoughts below.
first a few assumptions/facts:
#1 there are different types of users on twitter: the expert, the intensive user, the passive user, the creator, the focused user, the eclectic user…
#2 each user uses twitter differently: posting links, posting a short thought, conversing, [...]