If you haven’t heard of Twitter in the past couple of weeks it’s safe to say you’ve been living under a rock. Keep your hands down – we’re not going to explain it.
The “real-time short messaging service” Web site is experiencing unprecedented growth – up 1,382% to be exact! According to Twitterholic.com, some 756 Twitter users call Knoxville home. We’d bet it’s probably more than that.
For those that are Twitterers, which Knoxvillians would you recommend following?
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well, I’ll start…
@svandyke (shameless plug)
@sadcox
@suzytrotta
@jfloyd
@bupperoni
@dougfloyd
@dustyoverby
@cparizman
@alexlavidge
@jacklail
@knoxgirl75
@jenmcclurg
@lissakay
@lrknight
@alsobrooks
@mattheisig
oh and how could I forget
@erronious
& @overground …
Also, knoxify.com should could try to start a hashtag trend … kind of like how we have #followfriday today, if there was something for just knoxville folks in particular that’d be cool.
By the way, check out:
http://twitter.grader.com/index.php?Action=TwitterUsersByLocation&City=KNOXVILLE&State=TN&Country=US
It’s a list of the “top 50 twitter channels” in Knoxville.
@Shawn: Great list! You covered just about everyone I would have mentioned.
@Alex Lavidge: Thanks for the suggestion and the link. I’ll think about a proper hashtag and how we could implement.
My personal favorite is @cathymccaughan
Me- @djuggler
Interesting that Twitterholic gives different results if you ,TN.
Aside from the Knoxville Twitterers listed here already (a few which are new to me), I also follow:
@boriqua (yours truly)
@karentvchick
@themoderngal
@dirty_guvnahs
@copacreative
@Rynoth
@robknoxville
@kevinantoine
@Rootclip
@BeyondtheMyth
@garywrites (not 100% sure he’s in Knoxville, but he’s close enough)
@ypknox
@hgtweetv
@enjoyknoxville
@christianzav
@wbir
@knoxlife
@knoxart
@Telebuddy
@sugirly
@sram9
@lasthome
@remedy_coffee
@allknox
@knoxpatch
@nosilencehere
@RandomChick
@kgranju
@ChattieKat
@markfrigsby
@bchesney
@knoxstarbuck
And there are apparently still hundreds more here in K-Town to discover.
Wow! This is a great list. Here are a few more to add to everybody else’s great suggestions –
@saulyoung
@knoxlight
@caseypeters
@brandonclarke
@bobinmotion
@bobcatshooter
@bsginc
@tclick
@lindsaybeeson
@patrickbeeson
@bdeck (tweets great haikus!)
@ghlyons
@russm
@jasonegan
@hollyegan
@cocoholder
@jigsha
@sugirly
Whew! There’s a lot of good Tweeps in this town!
If you are looking for interesting people who are just “regular” people:
PrettyOddGirl (that’s me!)
tclick
Chkadee3843
scottfrith
Britneelee
chadmcnabb
pinkllama
@Sara: Nice! I haven’t heard of a lot of those. Keep ‘em coming.
Great List! In addition, I need to give a shout out to a few more:
@gavinbaker
@russelhaskins
@ericmoritz
@timferraris
@stamaknox
@couponkatie
@eoktown
Not sure if its appropriate that I am following @svandyke’s wife but…
@kvandyke
Shameless plug: I like @knoxredshield!
Of course I like me:
@RealtorJimLee, longtime Knoxville Realtor who blogs
@brianhornback for politics
@jacklail, an old favorite and friend
@EastTNRewards who doesn’t like coupons and free stuff
@Jim Lee: Another local coupon tweeter, nice! Thanks Jim.
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Great list! I have to also include a few others:
@PRNicoleV (yes, that would be me)
@SMCKnox
@BrennaElise
@strategynoises
@kervie
@kelibru
@brianwinter
any suggestions for vols coverage?