Time to put on my curmudgeon hat for a moment and bitch about #followfriday. #followfriday, for those who haven’t figured it out yet, is when twitter folks are expected to make recommendations about tweeps for other tweeps to follow. This is intended to be a good thing, and, for the most part, its a great thing. I’ve found some very funny and interesting people based on recommendations from people I already follow. Also, it is always a great compliment to find that someone has put me in a #followfriday tweet.
Some folks just throw their #followfriday tweets out with a list of names. Some like to categorize and qualify. The best, in my opinion, are the ones that work a tweep into a joke or little story. Lately It seems that the longer #followfriday goes on, the longer the list of tweets gets. Some folks, like @joeschmitt, have taken to making lists of people whom they follow, which certainly makes it easier to keep up on your recommendations but has some problems of it’s own, such as the whole “Why aren’t I on his list?” problem.
Aside: I should point out that if you’re going to fret about making @joeschmitt’s (or anyone else’s) list, you might want to keep in mind that these lists are FOR you, not ABOUT you. Try to see them in the spirit in which they were intended: Hey, here’s some cool people you should check out! Not: This is the cool kids club and you’re not in it.
This last week has been fairly demanding of my time between work, The Boy, @ultranima’s new car and my folks visiting. I haven’t had enough time to keep up on tweets, much less work on my #followfriday recommendations. I was thinking of making my own list but just thinking about how long it would be makes me tired.
I’m lazy. Not proud.
But then @poeks whipped up a perl script that does something genius: It generates a list of the people you favorite most. So with just a couple of terminal commands, I get a list of the people who have given me the most joy recently which I can turn around and share with all of you. Even better, if you run it weekly, it changes and updates. This fills my lazy, nerdish heart with joy.
So, here’s my hot 100 list for this #followfriday. Everyone on this list has gotten a star from me. Follow any or all of them and you’re sure to be entertained.
100. teamvagina (9)
99. luckyshirt (9)
98. eoporto (9)
97. MrsHands (10)
96. zeldman (10)
95. idvssuperego (10)
94. erong (10)
93. BillCorbett (10)
92. gordonshumway (10)
91. AmyJane (10)
90. awryone (10)
89. adtothebone (11)
88. nonlinearDog (11)
87. FanEffingTastic (11)
86. KatyDidSays (11)
85. MODAT (12)
84. Aimee_B_Loved (12)
83. sippymccloy (12)
82. supa (12)
81. sokeri (12)
80. LucyRcardo (13)
79. bcompton (13)
78. rongillmore (13)
77. LauraLiz_Curran (13)
76. nonsequiturific (14)
75. AinsleyofAttack (14)
74. apelad (14)
73. urbanhipster (14)
72. Dnastyy (14)
71. Jessabelle2o7 (14)
70. indefensible (14)
69. squibble (14)
68. Lilykily (15)
67. frostinglickr (15)
66. warrenellis (15)
65. nonlinearmind (16)
64. nick (16)
63. YummyCupcakes (16)
62. ShawnaF (17)
61. adangerlove (17)
60. phyllisstein (17)
59. toplessmama (17)
58. stevewhitaker (17)
57. frageelay (18)
56. CcSteff (18)
55. secretsquirrel (18)
54. summerjane (18)
53. giromide (18)
52. grossefemme (18)
51. AngleofAttack (19)
50. ungraceful (19)
49. thestoryofb (19)
48. bsheepies (20)
47. ErsatzMoe (20)
46. bliccy (20)
45. juliafish (21)
44. Freakdad (21)
43. katefeetie (21)
42. smartasshat (21)
41. toldorknown (22)
40. myracles (23)
39. LidMo (24)
38. Moltz (24)
37. thedayhascome (25)
36. blondediva11 (26)
35. arjunbasu (26)
34. adamisacson (26)
33. mayjah (27)
32. melissasantos (28)
31. GoNowGo (28)
30. InSoOutSo (28)
29. essentially_me (28)
28. 3hoss (28)
27. essdogg (30)
26. sniffyjenkins (30)
25. pheend (32)
24. tj (33)
23. evehorizon (33)
22. BrilliantOrange (34)
21. biorhythmist (34)
20. blobert (35)
19. OverlandParker (36)
18. yowhatsthehaps (38)
17. ladawn (40)
16. Zaius13 (42)
15. joeschmitt (42)
14. BlueLanugo (43)
13. byx (45)
12. texburgher (47)
11. hotdogsladies (50)
10. trelvix (52)
9. badbanana (56)
8. CranberryPerson (60)
7. yhf (63)
6. DieLaughing (67)
5. rsmallbone (67)
4. penbleth (70)
3. lukeinvan (75)
2. Yayaa (76)
1. sween (94)
Stay tuned, new list next week!
I really need to search for my name in Google more. I totally missed this – and I love the way you said “you might want to keep in mind that these lists are FOR you, not ABOUT you. Try to see them in the spirit in which they were intended: Hey, here’s some cool people you should check out! Not: This is the cool kids club and you’re not in it.” You are so right!
I wish I’d been armed with this when people started complaining about my list – the best I came up with was “A guy who recommends 3 on followfriday is praised, 100 is vilified.”