Twitviz - Exploring Twitter network for your interests

In this paper we explore a tool that allows you to explore your social network on Twitter. Twitviz, is a desktop application that allows users to explore their social networks on Twitter based on their interests. Twitviz provides two main tools in the form social network graphs: the Keyword view displays relationships between keywords of interest and users tweeting about them; and the user’s egocentric Network view that emphasizes on reciprocal followers. We believe these visualizations provide an easy and useful way of identifying both known and unknown users with related interests, thereby promoting expansion and specialization of their social network.