DISQUS

Digital Biographer: Top 83 Tweets of 2008

  • Liz · 11 months ago
    Some of these are funny but it's a lot to claim that they are the top tweets of the year. Why not just say they are your favorites?
  • Liz · 11 months ago
    Oops! You do say this. My mistake, I didn't read the fine print, just the headline.
  • Digital Biographer · 11 months ago
    No problem! I toyed with a title of "My Favourite XX Tweets of 2008" initially, but felt it was a bit weak as a headline.

    People like lists, and this has certainly gathered a lot of visitors, and has been retweeted a good deal.

    I suppose there is scope for a scientific approach to top tweets - those most re-tweeted, but this choice was down to just what I found amusing or noteworthy - something worth re-reading and sharing, in effect.

    Thanks for the comment.

    Regards, David
  • juliejulie · 11 months ago
    I truly believe you can learn more about people by reading their favorites than by reading their twitter stream. Smart people follow funny people, I say.
  • Digital Biographer · 11 months ago
    The smart thing here is to say "I have to agree".

    I have to agree.

    ;-)
  • Nikki Pilkington · 11 months ago
    Nice to know that of my 4000+ tweets, the most intelligent ones made it into the list :)
  • Digital Biographer · 11 months ago
    Sadly, it's the throwaway lines about dog poo that make the news, not your cutting edge insight on SEO.

    Better luck next year. Actually, I might do this monthly... got a lot of traffic.
  • andrewburnett · 11 months ago
    Ashamed not to have commented yet, but very honoured to have made your list!
  • Digital Biographer · 11 months ago
    Thank you for the reciprocal mention on your site today, Andrew! As you say, people and emotion are the drivers.
    Link: http://www.andrewburnett.com/feel-good-factor-s...
  • swag · 11 months ago
    Proof that the Tweet Comedy Festival will be canceled before it ever gets off the ground...
  • Henry · 11 months ago
    Or check out www.BestTweets.com , launched in December 2008. An amazing collection, put together by @BstTwt. You can also follow @BstTwt who RTs about 5 best tweets every day.