NowPublic’s ‘Life In A Fishbowl’ List For Silicon Valley
I get a kick out of placing twelfth on NowPublic’s ‘Most Public’ Index for Silicon Valley. I am in the dark on the internals of their calculations, but I suspect that it’s all about living your web life very very openly with lots and lots of kibitzers. Their subtitle — ‘most influential’ — must be taken with a large grain of salt, however.
[from The Most Public Index, Silicon Valley | The News is NowPublic.com by Michael Tippett]
NowPublic today announced its second MostPublic Index, identifying the 50 most influential individuals in Silicon Valley/San Francisco. The MostPublic Index is a detailed (and transparent) barometer of who’s voices are most heard in the digital landscape as new channels—Twitter, Facebook, Flick, YouTube and the like—transform how media is created and spread. Last week, NowPublic identified and announced the 50 MostPublic influencers in New York.
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NowPublic’s formula gauges influence and “publicness” across four categories, including:
- Online Visibility
- Presence on User-Generated Content and Social Networking Sites
- Interactivity and Accessibility
- The “R” Factor: Presence on Microblogging Platforms (Flickr, Twitter, Tumblr, etc.)
NowPublic examined statistics in each of these categories from Alexa, Compete, Facebook, Flickr, Google, Quantcast, Technorati, YouTube, and various other blogs and sites, to create a list of Silicon Valley’s leading influencers. It then narrowed the list to 50 by analyzing and documenting individuals’ presence and popularity in each of these channels, applying a weighted scoring system, determined by the strength of specific traits held in each online community.
Without further ado, NowPublic proudly presents the MostPublic individuals in Silicon Valley/San Francisco:1. Robert Scoble
2. Michael Arrington
3. Jack Dorsey
4. Biz Stone
5. Matt Cutts
6. Pete Cashmore
7. Dave Winer
8. Guy Kawasaki
9. Loic Le Meur
10. Kevin Rose
11. Merlin Mann
12. Stowe Boyd
13. Jeff Atwood
14. Jeremiah Owyang
15. Veronica Belmont
16. Kara Swisher
17. Scott Beale
18. Marc Andreessen
19. Ryan Block
20. David Sifry
21. Emily Chang
22. Om Malik
23. Timothy Ferriss
24. Nick Douglas
25. John Battelle
26. David Cohn
27. Louis Gray
28. Tom Foremski
29. Tim O’Reilly
30. Ariel Waldman
31. Matt Mullenweg
32. Dean Takahashi
33. Philip Kaplan
34. JD Lasica
35. Sarah Lacy
36. Brian Solis
37. Charlene Li
38. Rafe Needleman
39. Dan Farber
40. Howard Rheingold
41. David McClure
42. Margaret Mason
43. Jason Goldman
44. Leah Culver
45. Chris Shipley
46. Jackson West
47. Liz Gannes
48. Owen Thomas
49. Adeo Ressi
50. Max Levchin
So, basically, I am a slave to the social tools that have made me, and now everyone knows my dirty little secret.
I guess the ‘R’ factor is the new ‘Q’ factor?
To make this stunt more convoluted, I really think they should have sent me a tiny loving cup with the word ‘Twelfth’ engraved on it.
