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Twitaholic's list of the Top 100 Twitaholics in Davis (based on follower count, but seems very out of date now).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 April 23rd 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 (this depends on what is entered in the Twitter 'location' field'). 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	27,069	Author, OBE expert, nature lover, 24/7 vegan, astral & physical traveler
2	marykayhoal	Mary Kay Hoal	16,687	Youth internet-safety advocate
3	phylogenomics	Jonathan Eisen	9,468	UC Davis Professor
4	cgjerdetu		5,769	Davis, CA Real Estate
5	ucdavis		4,685	UC Davis Admissions, a great source of news for all things related to UC Davis
6	californiaaggie		4,051	The California Aggie, a UC Davis Newspaper
7	freefromhunger		4,096	Freedom From Hunger
8	ucdavisvetmed	UC Davis Ved Med	3,474	The account of the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine
9	muren	Nancy LaBerge Muren	2,485	Artist
10	ucdavisaggies		2,224	UC Davis Athletics
11	igenomics	Dawei Lin	2,203	Manager of the Bioinformatics Core at the UC Davis Genome Center
12	911news		1,879
13	itsjonsantiago	Jon Santiago	1,593	Host of the Davis 'Sport's Deli Podcast'
14	halfdeck		1,361	Davis blogger
15	aggiepack		1,410	The UC Davis Aggie Pack
16	rebeccablack	Rebecca Black	1,360	Teacher, writer, and etiquette professional
17	ucdavisnews		1,882	UC Davis News Service
18	unschool	Suzie	1,586	A Davis Unschooler
19	big_tomato		1,724	Davis Food Co-op
20	vervesol	Liz Merry	1,373	Solar consulting company
21	ucdaviscaes		1,482	UC Davis College of Agricultural & Environmental Sciences
22	the_eco_thought	Tim Morton	1,270
23	goodlifegarden		1,715	UC Davis Good Life Garden
24	dr_bik	Holly Bik	1,088	Post-doctoral researcher in marine genomics
25	andyojones	Andy Jones	1,510	UC Davis Professor, poet, radio host, and quizmaster
26	apachewarrior		1,858	Adult film reviewer
27	amychamp	Amy Champ	1,717	Women's studies scholar
28	b2bcommunicate	Rebekah E. Donaldson	1,730	CEO of business communications company
29	kbradnam	Keith Bradnam	1,032	The person who lovingly, and foolishly, keeps this page updated
30	marilynm	Marilyn Maciel	1,797	Davis' most prolific tweeter, with over 40,000 tweets!

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
32	ucdavisrec		1,043	UC Davis Campus Recreation
36	cory_golden	Cory Golden	1,546	Davis Enterprise reporter
37	ucdavislaw		933	UC Davis School of Law
43	ucdextension		993	UC Davis Extension
44	UCDavisCoE		1,048	UC Davis College of Engineering
48	d_enterprise		719	The Davis Enterprise, Davis' daily newspaper
49	ucdavismusic		804	UC Davis Department of Music
	UCDavis_Morain	Claudia Morain	1,629	News Service Director for UC Davis
	DavisDowntown		896	information about shops, shopping, and entertainment from the Davis Downtown Business Association
	ucdavisfye		831	UC Davis Campus Orientation
	UCDavis_Egghead	Andy Fell	768	Research and general news from UC Davis
	davisfanatic		521	a Davis Fanatic
	daviswiki	Philip Neustrom	463	The site you're now using!
	daviscapatch	Justin Cox	362	Editor of Davis Patch, bringing you Davis-related news
	UCDavisSocialMe		340	Bringing news of various UC Davis Social Media activities
	calaggiesports		340	UC Davis sports news from The California Aggie
	UCDavisTweetUp		204	Organizers behind UC Davis Tweet Ups
	DavisTweetUp		163	Organizers behind the regular Davis Tweet Ups

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