Job Search on Twitter?
Loic Le Meur wanted authority search on Twitter and it just happened. In just about 12 hours, Jon Wheatley managed to make just that – he launched an authority based search engine for Twitter called Twitority (see Techcrunch coverage here). You can go there to search tweets and filter the results based on the number of followers one has.
Just a few minutes ago, I saw somebody tweeting. The guy was looking for someone to do a small job for him and he was ready to pay him for that. I’m just thinking: what if there’s a centralized site that lets you find people who’re seeking some help with their task, and are ready to outsource it for some money.
People seeking help usually tweet like “I’m looking for someone who can [insert job here]”. A site built using the Twitter API could analyse the messages, filter out tweets based on such phrases and we tweeple could go check the site for some latest offers and offer some assistance. The site could further categorise tweets in a variety of categories like “web design”, “copy writing”, “php coding” and the like.
Going further, once the job is done, the one who offered the job pays the guy who did it the bucks and then he could further rate his work on the site or even write a testimonial. This way, a profile is maintained about the person on the site.
Others checking up on the site could see it and then consider if they should hand him over their chores. They could also have a leaderboard or something of that kind – one who goes crazy picking up a lot of job offers and fulfilling them gets listed on it and is more visible on the site. Something like Twitpay could be used for tracking payments.
I took a paper and sketched some of these things. Have a look:
Ask and ye shall receive is what Techcrunch said about Twitority. Is any developer out there listening to what I’ve just written? Or do you think my idea is dumb?
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Very cool idea. In fact, I have gotten a couple of freelance WordPress gigs through my Twitter contacts. It would nice to see this idea developed by a talented developer.
Thanks for posting this, Shankar! Stumbled.
K-IntheHouse
29 Dec 08 at 10:43 pm
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30 Dec 08 at 5:21 am
Great concept from you , Shankar.
No. It’s not dumb. It certainly makes sense.
Aravind Jose T.
30 Dec 08 at 7:24 am
And also, the sketch looks nice.
Aravind Jose T.
30 Dec 08 at 7:24 am
Thanks, guys. I can only hope somebody takes notice
Shankar Ganesh
30 Dec 08 at 7:24 am
That’s really a great sense and makes a wonderful sound. Will stumble and digg, let someone listen to your voice…
Pavan Kumar
30 Dec 08 at 1:22 pm
What’s wrong?
I got this message while submitting to digg.
This domain has been consistently flagged as violating the Digg Terms of Service and cannot be submitted at this time. Please refer to our Terms of Service (digg.com/tos) for more information.
Pavan Kumar
30 Dec 08 at 1:25 pm
@Pavan: Yeah, this domain is banned on Digg for over a year.
Shankar Ganesh
30 Dec 08 at 4:21 pm
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15 Jan 09 at 9:40 pm
may be you are interested in my open source twitter job search engine: http://tweetjobsearch.com
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10 Mar 09 at 3:32 am