For those of you who are on Twitter right now you may have heard about the recent stir with @mattbacak and about his press release talking about his recent accomplishments on Twitter. With all the hoopla about Twitter Grader and how Matt Bacak was listed as a Twitter Elite, I decided to do some of my own testing to see just how accurate Twitter Grader can be.
On my Twitter profile @UrviMehta when my location was listed at Detroit, MI and I graded my profile I was part of the Twitter Elite with a rank of 6 in Detroit, MI. However, when I changed my location to Detroit, Michigan (spelling our the entire state name) I am ranked #2 in Twitter Elite for Detroit, Michigan.
Essentially Twitter Grader is more of a “fun” tool in its current ranking measure. Perhaps Twitter Grader should consider state abbreviations and full spellings of the state names as the same location. My point is that Detroit, MI and Detroit, Michigan is one in the same and should be one list instead of two separate lists depending on how you spell out your location.
April 8th, 2009 at 8:06 pm
Like it Urvi – well analyzed and well said! I have seen so many tools that claim to provide analytics, but I find most of them, as you say, good for fun. It is an interesting space, and sure there is a huge scope for some good applications.