We run every single e-mail we get through Flowtown so we know a bit about who’s coming in through the open door.
For some reason, and I'm not 100% sure why, this makes me do a 180. I understand it's a beta and closed and the information is freely available anyway but it does not sit well with me.
My thought as well. People talk a lot about how social networking services tend to leak information and violate privacy. Scraping those services for your own business purposes just seems shady, especially when done through a third party.
If being an influencer and having a lot of Twitter followers is what gets a potential user beyond the velvet rope before everyone else, then why not be overt about it and let them volunteer that info?
Flowtown is the easiest way I've found to see quickly who on our list has followed @blueleafcom so I can do my invite prioritization. If there's a better way, let me know!
For some reason, and I'm not 100% sure why, this makes me do a 180. I understand it's a beta and closed and the information is freely available anyway but it does not sit well with me.
The rest of these ideas are great though.