Ottawa’s Twitter top 20 for 2012
Sherrilynne’s Ottawa Twitter top 20 lists used to feature on this blog monthly. But they were very time consuming to compile and the grading tools used kept changing algorithms and or other aspects of their service making the lists difficult to standardize. This list was compiled using Twitter Grader. All the profiles included are actually real people, not brands or companies. The list is published through Listly which means a significant difference from past lists. With Listly, we add a human element to composing the list because readers can vote the people lest up or down the list.
So readers, please feel free to let us know if you agree with Grader’s assessment of Ottawa’s Twitter Elite and if not vote on who you think should be included. Please also feel free to leave a comment to suggest other profiles you think should be included.
If your profile is featured on this and you want to maintain or boost your position, get your followers involved by asking them to vote for you.
Ottawa's top tweeters for 2012
Ottawa's Twitter Elite according to Grader.com
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PhD in Parenting - @phdinparenting
I blog about parenting, feminism, social justice and the intersection between them. Topics: attachment parenting, feminism, secular parenting, multiculturalism.
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Kneale Mann - @knealemann
#Leadership Strategist, Author, Speaker, Facilitator helping leaders become stronger leaders and enterprise become more collaborative. knealemann@gmail.com
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Stephen Taylor - @stephen_taylor
Director at the National Citizens Coalition. Senior Associate at Fleishman-Hillard. Canadian Conservative. Opinions are my own. RTs not necessarily endorsements
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Bambi Blue - @BambiBlue
Currently underemployed writer/editor and social community manager. Full-time wisenheimer. Gamer. Ex-butcher, future baker or candlestick maker.
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Stuntman Stu - @stuntmanstu
Added by Stéphanie Montreuil on Dec 31, 2012
Morning Host Majic 100, TV host, Auctioneer, Ottawa Senators PA announcer.
Created #NoMoreBullies campaign.
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Sustainable Energy - @Sustainablehero
rlsh, superhero, author, actor, I am raising $1 trillion for wind, solar and geothermal energy. Spread the word.
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Susan Delacourt - @SusanDelacourt
Senior political writer for the Toronto Star.
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Down Goes Brown - @DownGoesBrown
Hockey humor blogger Sean McIndoe. http://t.co/eImP6AhJ, National Post, Grantland. The Best Of DGB book, featuring 24 exclusive new posts, is available now.
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Kim Lavigne - @Freedomwalker77
Social Media Manager at
http://t.co/kvDH72v3 http://t.co/eAqeKPXh
http://t.co/1kcKKtGa Loves God & People!
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Thanks for the list, as always. I’m not a fan of popularity contests, so I won’t be asking my followers to vote. I’m always on the look out for the best tools to rank influence, but I don’t think voting is the way to go.
Agree with you on popularity Annie. That’s why I really don’t like Grader that much. I know of many many more Ottawa tweeps that have a lot more influence than those on this list. I was hoping that by adding the voting aspect it might align the list more correctly. Also the Listly app lets people add to the list. I was hoping the ‘wisdom of the crowd’ might transform this list into something that is actually more representative of the Ottawa Twitter community.
This is a tough one. Not that I think I know everything or everyone, but there are 6 people I have never heard of on this list… A few who I know but rarely have influence on me because they play in niches I have no interest in and one who was recently exposed as a plagiarist – so I would leave her out entirely…
So while I don’t agree with Tweet Grader’s overall Ottawa assessment, I wonder if we could ever all agree on one global list? One thing I learned from organizing Twestival was how segmented the twitter scene is in Ottawa. We purposely recruited people from sub-cultures to help us spread the word about the event because there were many communities that the core team had no connections to.
I think List.ly is great to crowdsource this type of content, but I think it would be just as hard to compile a list of the best Ottawa restaurant as it will be to craft a lift of the top twitter peeps
Having said that – I will be proud to add Stuntman Stu to the list… When I wonder about busses running or other breaking news I often turn to his feed. And his involvement in the community and the support he’s garnered for #nomorebullies, to me, show real influence.
Thanks for getting behind this Stephanie. And welcome to the list Stu!
Hi Annie, & Sherrilynne
I’m totally with you both on popularity contests and it’s certainly not the focus of Listly.
I actually prefer the “I know” and “I’d like to know” tag that you can add to a list. For me this trumps voting. I love the social intent that it shares.
Contests tend to create a short term focus and we see much greater value in the long slow drip feed input of a much bigger crowd.
We believe massively in the power of collaboration, but somehow that breaks down when you shine the light on human beings instead of books or places or blog posts. Contests bring out our inner Gollum.
Listly’s ranking feature is not about winning, it’s about taking part.
I share two such stories here where I mention Adelaide and Northern Ohio.
The purpose of this lists is to leverage community knowledge to fill in the gaps and find the unsung heros. It was not about voting people to the top of the list.
In Adelaide the list grew rapidly to 180 people. That’s real community input. The Ohio list jumped from 10 to 48. Both generated a lot of exposure, impressions and conversations. They were big lessons for us on the power of local.
Being on the list far out ways being first or second. The issue is the cultural norms for each list are set by the blogger.
And in some ways starting with a really short list if more effective to create engagement and belonging.
I wrote about the challenges of mixing up your goals between
I didn’t meant to write a post in response, but you happen to be commenting on something very close to my heart. I hope this make sense. And it’s great to seeing you using List.ly.
I’m heading to Ottawa in mid Jan. I look forward to conversing more on this topic.
Nick thanks for your comment. I’ll take a look through those links and do let us know when you’re in town!
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