A few weeks ago, I was attempting to point out how much time Streko spent on Twitter (whether or not I spend more time than him on Twitter is irrelevant) and after a number of calculations, gave it to him in actual “time”.
He thought it would make a cool WordPress plugin. Then Barry got wind of it and thought the idea would make a fun site (and offered to actually program it). Add a dash of Design by Reese and today we’ve launched Tweetwasters.
In addition to launching the site (which will calculate the actual time you’ve spent twittering as well as tell you your rank compared to other Twitterers in the system) we’ve also created the Tweetwasters WordPress plugin so that you can display your Tweetwasters stats right on your blog (assuming the amount of time you spend on Twitter is something you *want* to bring to light). For an example, check out my sidebar on Sugarrae.
The plugin is simple and free. The site is the same. We made it to have some fun. We hope you enjoy Tweetwasters and please, feel free to tweet about it.
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Nice!
Tho rae I’ve got to criticize the wording (of the WP plugin).
“425,460 seconds, 7,091 minutes, 118.18 hours, and 4.92 days” sounds like you’re adding them together, when really you’re expressing the same time span in different units.
add them up and that’s actually 1701456 seconds, = 19.65 days
perhaps it should be “or” instead of “and”.
As usual, I am expressing my willingness to help others by pointing out flaws. You may thank me later. I believe this benevolent suggestion scrubs the stigma of “failed regex pimp” earned when I was incapable of debugging your HTACCESS. We’re even. :)
Plugin fixed – typo we missed – was already “or” on the site :) Thanks!
I like it! Was refreshing to see how little time I waste compared to the shoe and fashion tweeters. I’d have to waste an entire day on twitter just to barely catch up.
Heeh, the only 2 peeps i recognize in my 0.07 Days of using Twitter is you and graywolf. figures that you two would be in the top since ur always sniping at each other. :)
Hmm. Apparently, I need a cat.
Good idea, but it doesn’t account for direct messaging! :-)
What a neat idea, looks like I need to be spending more time on Tweeter, not sure if that’s good or bad:)
Nice plugin! I just finally joined twitter under Slingshot_SEO yesterday. Yeah, I know, a little slow to adapt an interesting new form of SM communication, but better late than never.
I’m going to add this plugin to my WP blog now to start tracking my addiction from day one.