A long time ago, a clever man once said, “A man’s worth is no greater than his ambitions” (the Roman Emperor Philosopher, Marcus Aurelius).
This may have been true in AD150 but is it still relevant in the always-on world of AD2009? These days a more common measure of worth is your connectivity. Reid Hoffman (LinkedIn co-founder) summed this up nicely when he said, “Your network your net worth.” One of Nassim Nicholas Taleb’s Top Life Tips is to, “go to more parties”. The express reason for this is to expand your network and expose yourself to more positive Black Swans.
A couple of weeks back we received an invite to a London networking event. The speakers were sold on the basis of the number of Twitter followers they had. This made me smile as it reminded me of recent conversations about the pressures and politics of maintaining relationships online.
Is the number of followers a true proxy for how valuable someone’s opinion is? I give you Britney Spears (903,274 followers).
My stepson Newton (694 Facebook friends) loves the fact he’s “more popular” than his younger brother Richard (389 Facebook friends). Phil (646 Facebook friends, 433 LinkedIn connections, 244 Twitter followers) and I (232 Facebook friends, 431 LinkedIn connections, 251 Twitter followers) regularly pull each other’s legs about how ‘popular’ we think we are.
To finish off this post, here’s a list of people we’ve either met or hear about regularly who are attached to the Internet scene here in London. We’ve used Twitter followers to help us measure their worth. Not sure old Marcus would agree with our methods but here you go anyway:
London’s 50 Most Networked Internet People by Twitter followers (As of 14th April 2009)
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17 April 2009 at 12:28 pm |
are you familiar with http://twitterguide.co.uk/
22 April 2009 at 5:56 pm |
I’d expect to see you guys on the list! Cheers!
23 April 2009 at 11:40 am |
Not popular enough yet I’m afraid Ivan!
28 April 2009 at 8:50 pm |
Came across this list, I missed myself @thenextwomen
3 May 2009 at 1:07 pm |
Hi Simone,
Thanks for the comment. Just added you to our updated version of the list. We’ll publish it on Snagsta within the next few days.
Alex