Twitter cofounder suggests a replacement for the follower count

Buzzfeed :: Twitter cofounder Ev Williams — who remains on the company's board — hinted Monday that follower counts may soon become the second most important number to users. "The thing I think would be more interesting than followers is... retweets," clarifying that a simple measure of followers "doesn't capture your distribution."

"The dream metric" - Read John Herrman, www.buzzfeed.com