peterkaminski's dashboard

peterkaminski started following the problem "oh noes! epic fail! please let me check my DBI before you send it to twitter :(" in tweetsum.

peterkaminski replied on March 01, 2009 15:45 to the idea "Display my DBI" in tweetsum:

Yeah, people like to know what other people (or even bots) think of them. :-)

Congrats on the launch! I wish you luck keeping up with the excitement.

peterkaminski replied on February 28, 2009 21:05 to the idea "Display my DBI" in tweetsum:

Yo, Bruce.

There are two types of viral: 1) friends recommending to other friends because they're delighted, and 2) apps that automatically spread themselves to your connections. The first kind (like Twitter) has organic and increasing growth, if the app is good. The second kind might get a steep ramp up, but then a sharp drop -- a "shark fin". See http://lsvp.wordpress.com/2008/03/10/...

Holding my score ransom so you can auto-tweet it doesn't make me delighted with your app; it's just the opposite.

Good viral growth happens when you have a great app, and you trust people to tell their friends about it.

peterkaminski replied on February 28, 2009 20:55 to the idea "DBI doesn't seem useful" in tweetsum:

Hi, Damon - just to pull a few high DBI scores from the top of my tweetsum list, these folks: jdlasica, jeffbarr, frankejames, vielmetti -- are all real people who post interesting tweets, and are conversational. They should have low DBIs.

peterkaminski shared an idea in tweetsum on February 28, 2009 15:47:

DBI doesn't seem useful

Many of the useful, conversational people I follow are 90+. Other noisy types are 90+, too. Maybe I don't get it, but DBI doesn't seem to help me differentiate between DB's and useful folks.

peterkaminski replied on November 24, 2008 17:00 to the idea "Add a way to filter out low-ratio users" in Mr. Tweet:

hi mingyeow, yes, it's "peterkaminski".

here's how I described it to some friends, "In this report, I'm looking for people who have a ratio >= 1.0, who aren't following thousands of people, and who are followed by people I follow who I respect."

A comment on the idea "Add a way to filter out low-ratio users" in Mr. Tweet:

I had the same wish as Kevin after trying "My Followers I am not following". The high level goal is something like #2. I'm interested in following people who are following me personally with specific affirmative intention, not just following me with other en masse. – peterkaminski, on November 24, 2008 15:35

peterkaminski started following the idea "Add a way to filter out low-ratio users" in Mr. Tweet.