top 50 lists

This project has turned out to be very interesting to me. At klout, I have been assigned to handle much of the customer service, tag analysis, and yes, their twitter account. As such, I have been hustling to make these lists of top influencers so that we can publish them on the website and official (klout) twitter page. Here is what I have learned through the process:

- there are a LOT of people who use twitter

- there are a LOT of people with klout scores of 50+

- the world is SMALLER than I once thought

- news travels faster than tsunamis (in reference to the Hawaii tsunami warning)

- people have interesting things to say

Now, this whole twitterverse is very new to me. I am no stranger to facebook. Heck, I've even dabbled in myspace and yes, friendster. I admit it. But twitter is communication on a whole new level. Its hard to explain unless you dive in and engage like I have in the past couple weeks.

I believe klout has the most accurate and versatile metrics that you can find. Fortunately, I have been able to use this powerful tool to find powerful people. In the process of filtering through the pages and listing users with klout scores of 50+, I am generating the most condensed lists of influential people in the world.

The process of making/revising these lists seems never-ending. There are always more people out there to be discovered. As far as the utility of the lists....well, I'm still trying to figure that out. I think ill start by contacting at least one person a day and see what happens from there.

Im sure a door will open up somewhere.