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When trying to find interesting people online, it is useful to be able to differentiate between somebody who is very interested in a particular subject from somebody who has a good reputation for that subject.

In the example below, there is a very shy but talented Elvis impersonator.

By examining the tweets, we can see three cases where “ronnie” is mentioned with Elvis, yet he himself never mentions Elvis at all.

Here’s another illustration of the difference, who is failing and who is a troll?

In the title of this post, I’ve related interest and reputation to ego and trust. Going off what an individual says only takes one voice into account, their ego. Many services use follower count as a messure of reputation, but in my opinion, most importantly, conversation matters! Listening to what many people say gives a more trustworthy answer.

TagWalk associates what people are saying in their tweets (interest) and who they are saying it to (passing reputation along). This means that TagWalk can make recommendations on a certain hashtag or word. In doing so, it also derives relationships between words, hashtags and URLs. Allow you to browse through the relationships discovering new people and content.

Here are some example hashtags to explore: #followfriday, #socialmedia, #wine, #nodejs, and #beer.

You can also explore an individuals reputation by checking out their own pages. Here are the pages of some prominent Twitter users: @BillGates, @Scobleizer, @guykawasaki, @pistachio and @arrington.

There is wisdom in them thar crowds!