Mr. Tweet…that name again is Mr. Tweet
Thanks to a recent tweet by @Laikas, I am now aware of a recommendations engine by the name of Mr. Tweet. Upon finding an interesting, knowledgeable or diverting person on Twitter, it allows you to recommend him or her by tweeting with the hashtag #MrTweet or use the text box on Mr. Tweet’s website.
Mr. Tweet purports to work by adding value to the recommendee as well as the one who recommends as the #MrTweet hashtag is followed by those looking for recommendations. A Firefox experimental add-on called Mr Tweet 1.1 allows you to see a user’s Mr Tweet stats, such as how often a user tweets and who they like interacting with.
Perhaps in the near future we will be asking our HR departments and colleagues for recommendations in this style? I wonder if Mr. Tweet’s opposite is in use yet-the dreaded ‘Mr Pariah’ that draws a red X against the name of any unsavory or lacklustre Twit.
