Twitter

A social networking/instant messaging site, Twitter that has become very popular and is still growing in usage. When there is any sort of 'breaking news' in Davis, that news is often spread very quickly by Davis Twitter users. There are at least several hundred Twitter users who live or work in Davis. Furthermore, UC Davis societies, and other campus-based organizations, are particularly well represented. Twitter user, and Davis resident, @kbradnam maintains semi-up-to-date lists of Davis-based Twitter accounts in three categories (which can overlap):

People in Davis - 490 twitter accounts as of November 25th, 2011
People at UC Davis (students, staff, or other) - 227 twitter accounts as of November 25th, 2011
Davis-based organizations, businesses, societies etc. - 130 twitter accounts as of November 25th, 2011

Several websites attempt to rank Twitter accounts based on popularity ('number of followers' or other measures) and these sites also allow you to see most of the users who have identified themselves with a particular town:

Twitter Grader's list of the top ranked twitter accounts in Davis (based on a secret ranking formula).
Twitaholic's list of the Top 100 Twitaholics in Davis (based on follower count, but seems very out of date now).
UC Davis twitter page UC Davis also maintains a page of notable twitterers on campus

This is based on Twitter Grader's list (see link above) and is correct as of January 13th 2012. Note that the actual follower counts may be higher or lower than shown here and that not every Davis-based Twitter user will be listed by Twitter Grader. Names in the 'Real name' column link to pages on Davis Wiki where relevant:

Anyone else find the existence of a Top X list for twitter accounts hilarious? As if Twitter weren't already spectacularly pro-narcissism.

Position	Twitter name	Real name (if known)	Number of followers	Info
1	constantia oomen	Constantia Oomen	24,296	Author, OBE expert, nature lover, 24/7 vegan, astral & physical traveler
2	marykayhoal	Mary Kay Hoal	15,748	Youth internet-safety advocate
3	phylogenomics	Jonathan Eisen	8,018	UC Davis Professor
4	cgjerdetu		5,330	Davis, CA Real Estate
5	ucdavis		4,292	UC Davis Admissions, a great source of news for all things related to UC Davis
6	freefromhunger		3,739	Freedom From Hunger
7	californiaaggie		2,836	The California Aggie, a UC Davis Newspaper
8	muren	Nancy LaBerge Muren	2,430	Artist
9	ucdavisvetmed	UC Davis Ved Med	2,524	The account of the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine
10	911news		1,710
11	ucdavisaggies		1,767	UC Davis Athletics
12	igenomics	Dawei Lin	1,972	Manager of the Bioinformatics Core at the UC Davis Genome Center
13	halfdeck		1,354	Davis blogger
14	rebeccablack	Rebecca Black	1,360	Teacher, writer, and etiquette professional
15	aggiepack		1,315	The UC Davis Aggie Pack
16	big_tomato		1,594	Davis Food Co-op
17	ucdavisnews		1,622	UC Davis News Service
18	unschool	Suzie	1,453	A Davis Unschooler
19	vervesol	Liz Merry	1,229	Solar consulting company
20	itsjonsantiago	Jon Santiago	1,134	Host of the Davis 'Sport's Deli Podcast'
21	ucdaviscaes		1,295	UC Davis College of Agricultural & Environmental Sciences
22	goodlifegarden		1,558	UC Davis Good Life Garden
23	andyojones	Andy Jones	1,361	UC Davis Professor, poet, radio host, and quizmaster
24	b2bcommunicate	Rebekah E. Donaldson	1,701	CEO of business communications company
25	marilynm	Marilyn Maciel	1,776	Davis' most prolific tweeter, with over 40,000 tweets!
26	amychamp	Amy Champ	1,589	Women's studies scholar
27	apachewarrior		1,746	Adult film reviewer
28	serenadegarden		1,706	A garden disease control product, from a Davis based company
29	fezoca		849	Julia Child Wanna Be
30	kbradnam	Keith Bradnam	932	The person who lovingly, and foolishly, keeps this page updated

And a few other notable/useful Davis twitter accounts (some of which are also listed in twitter grader's top 50)

Position	Twitter name	Real name (if known)	Number of followers	Info
33	cory_golden	Cory Golden	1,460	Davis Enterprise reporter
35	ucdavisrec		874	UC Davis Campus Recreation
36	qpocc		1,299	Queer People of Color Conference that occurred at UC Davis
41	ucdavislaw		802	UC Davis School of Law
43	ucdextension		844	UC Davis Extension
45	ucdavismusic		763	UC Davis Department of Music
	UCDavis_Morain	Claudia Morain	1,472	News Service Director for UC Davis
	downtowndavis		840	information about shops, shopping, and entertainment from the Davis Downtown Business Association
	ucdavisfye		791	UC Davis Campus Orientation
	UCDavisCoE		751	UC Davis College of Engineering
	UCDavis_Egghead	Andy Fell	714	Research and general news from UC Davis
	d_enterprise		619	The Davis Enterprise, Davis' daily newspaper
	davisfanatic		490	a Davis Fanatic
	calaggiesports		313	UC Davis sports news from The California Aggie
	daviscapatch	Justin Cox	254	Editor of Davis Patch, bringing you Davis-related news
	daviswiki	Philip Neustrom	173	The site you're now using!

Hashtags are one way that makes it easier to find all tweets on a similar theme or topic. The most common hashtags used in tweets about Davis are simply:

#davis
#davisca
#ucdavis

Including these hashtags in your tweets will make it slightly easier for people to discover them.

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2010-08-01 12:50:10   I am also on Twitter. —jsogul