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twitter launched an updated version of their people search earlier today, but unfortunately it’s not very useful in the absence of the following features:

1 - more sorting options - by default, it seems that the results are largely randomly ordered. right now i’m seeing people who have been inactive for over 3 months (some even a year) as the first results for my query. not only would i love to see an option that allows me to sort users by ‘last active’ but also by how active they are on a daily basis. i don’t want to follow inactive people but i also don’t want to follow hyperactive people that are bound to clutter my stream.

2 - more information - right now when you search by location, you see the people’s name, location, web and bio, and last twitter message (and when it was updated). i would love to more recent messages (maybe last 5 messages) from these people, who they interact with (who follows them and who they follow) and which follows/followers we have in common. this would help me make a judgement call regarding how useful it would be for me to add them and for them to reciprocate.

in the absence of these options, i think twubble is a much more robust and useful way to find more friends (and better, more targetted friends) since it tells you which friends you have in common with recommended twitterers (social proof people!).

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