Who are the local twitter rockstars? Your decision is powered by Google Docs
January 30th, 2009 Posted in Google, Rebecca Roebuck, Twitter 
There has been talk about who the most popular, important, influential or rockstaresque people are on twitter. Some say the most important tweeple are those with the most followers, others say it is those with the most interesting tweets and still others say it is more about who they are off twitter that makes them important. One thing for sure is that everyone has their own opinions on who receives the title of twitter elite, or twitterati.
To help solve the debate, local tweeter Jamie Grove (@hownottowrite) is asking the twitterverse who they think their local rockstars are. Anyone can submit their opinions and explain their selection.
Jamie says:
If you got here from a retweet, I'm @hownottowrite and I decided to create this poll in response to the Forbes article on Twitter "power elites" (see this: http://tinyurl.com/forbes-twitter).
Forbes did a swell job rounding up the people with the most followers, people
who influence twitter on a broad scale… But what about the people who
rock the local Twitterati scene? What about the people who get folks
out to the latest gallery opening or hook up parents with some special
event? Or spread the local news?
Who are *your* local Twitterati? And why do they rock?
I'll post the results in a few days and send out a tweet (naturally).
This seems like a fair way to decide who really is the twitter elite. Let the people decide!
The most interesting thing I noticed about this effort is that Jamie is using Google Docs to gather and share this information. Google recently added a form option to Google Docs that allows users to setup a feedback form, embed it
on any website and collect and share data easily. When someone fills out the form, their responses are automatically timestamped and collected in a Google spreadsheet. Just like any Google document, the forms can be shared with others to view at their own convenience. This makes collecting and sharing feedback incredibly easy! The information can even be published as a web page to share with the world.
At Webbed Marketing, we are using Google Docs Forms to gather entries to our Google Hates My Website SEO Makeover Contest and to collect information from people interested in Webbed Marketing University courses.
So what are you waiting for?! Start asking your questions right now!
p.s. If you haven't already, you will need to set up a Google Account and visit https://docs.google.com. Then click "New" and scroll down to "Form."
- from the Desktop of Rebecca Roebuck
Tags: form, google docs, spreadsheet, twitter, twitter elite, twitterati
