"We Follow" Needs Top Feminist Twitter Users

by Jen Nedeau · 2009-03-15 12:37:00 UTC
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ReadWriteWeb reports on the most recent popularity contest in social media hatched by none other than Digg founder, Kevin Rose, called We Follow. We Follow is a "user powered Twitter directory" which categorizes the Top Twitter users through follower counts and a variety of tags such as #blogger #socialmedia #tech #celebrity, etc. 

Not surprisingly, the lists leave much to desire in terms of diversity. A majority of Top Twitters featured on the front page are men. Also, when I looked for the list of users who tagged themselves as #feminist - there were only three.

But since this is a "user powered Twitter directory" it is up to us to infiltrate the site and flex our social media strength!

We Follow is based on a ranking by user count, so it will be hard to infiltrate the hierarchy, if the "Top Users" are indeed, all male. I must state that I disagree that anyone should be considered "Top" of anything based solely on a follower count (what is popular is not always right, ya know?) but I do think that we can do our part to make sure that females are noted by signing up for We Follow ourselves and using the tag #feminist to build up that category. You can see how I signed up below:

Perhaps then we can ask Mr. Rose to feature the list of #feminists Twitter Users on the front page one of these days...a girl can dream, can't she?

Jen Nedeau Jen Nedeau is a media relations professional and a writer based in New York City.
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