And from Facebook the suggestion feature comes to Twitter. The micromessaging service which boasts more than a hundred million users will be assisting its bewildered users finding those they share similar interests with. Titled Suggestions for You, Twitter ensures that the feature is as personal to you as it can be.
I quite understand the need for suggestions, especially for a service like Twitter where people are in bulk and has a diversity of folks who broadcast 140 characters of messages to and fro. Connecting with the right people, with the right interest can be quite hectic and painful to be precise. This algorithm works on seeing the common connections amongst people you don’t follow and you can see these in the Find People section on Twitter. Of course it is your decision whether you want to follow these recommendations or not. You can also hide a certain recommended user so he is not suggested again.
Moving ahead, if you head over to someone else’s account, Twitter will show you similar users within the profile in a bid to ease your task of connecting with the like minded. This is primarily for the Web based Twitter and the team will be releasing the API for developers so the same feature can be integrated into desktop and mobile applications like TweetDeck and Seesmic.
