Comments on: PeerPong Asks for Expert Advice on Twitter http://gigaom.com/2010/05/31/peerpong-asks-for-expert-advice-on-twitter/ Sun, 19 May 2013 23:59:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: DanB http://gigaom.com/2010/05/31/peerpong-asks-for-expert-advice-on-twitter/#comment-265588 Sat, 28 Aug 2010 20:09:07 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=123406#comment-265588 PeerPong is a profoundly annoying invention that kept generating new user names during its testing phase earlier this year to evade block after block, either intentionally or not. It wasn’t until I started letting loose with potty-mouthed tirades every time I was peppered with one of their unwanted, unsolicited queries that eventually someone at the company took notice and put me on their “Twitter crazies to avoid” list.

]]> By: esills http://gigaom.com/2010/05/31/peerpong-asks-for-expert-advice-on-twitter/#comment-252961 Wed, 02 Jun 2010 02:14:31 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=123406#comment-252961 Who follows people who only tweet about dinner? If you’re going to provide “trusted insights” you might want to upgrade your standards, Ms. Gannes. Twitter happens to be one of the best tools for sharing expertise, and fortunately, many experts choose to use it for this very purpose. Think 140 characters is too short? It’s all about the link.

]]> By: Ro http://gigaom.com/2010/05/31/peerpong-asks-for-expert-advice-on-twitter/#comment-252960 Tue, 01 Jun 2010 08:10:53 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=123406#comment-252960 Thanks for the post Liz. A couple of clarifications. We take outbound messaging very seriously and give users full control over notifications they’re sent. In addition, for people we identify as qualified to answer a question, we have a hard cap on questions they receive from PeerPong or our users (currently it’s set to no more than twice a week). Upon joining PeerPong a user can then decide exactly what type of notifications they receive.

Also, we infer interests and knowledge from Twitter streams and Facebook status updates, score/rank relevance of topics by user, but becoming an expert requires a user to be recommended on our site. As we look beyond real-time streams, this might change, but at this point, expertise is decided by the PeerPong user community.

Ultimately, we believe introducing users to knowledgeable Twitter users or even their own Facebook friends is incredibly valuable and only helps increase followers and understanding between peers.

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