There's could be a scientific explanation for this. It's been noted in fish, crustacean populations that behaviour is influenced by the predators. [0] Random choice appears to be non-optimal making decisions.
Following other HN twitter users might seen as a more optimal way to select ideas/technology worth exploring or avoiding "dangerous" time wasters.
[0] "Behavioural response of Crayfish to a fish predator", Stein, Magnuson ~ http://www.jstor.org/pss/1936188
But the most interesting is how Women hunt in packs ~ http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/evolved-primate/201006/c... and more interesting how Men adapt to this.
So by observing this phenomena, you have changed it.
We should compile the union of our two lists.
If 100 HNers follow someone with 100,000 followers, that's sort of interesting. If someone has 100 followers, and 80 of them are HNers, that's more significant.
Wouldn't have expected @garyvee to be big with the HN crowd.
Definitely some people in the bottom half of the top 100 I would have expected to rank higher.
--It would be cool to list which ones are on HN and put their username on there.
--Would you list the whole set of usernames/twitter accounts?
edit: can also look for common favorites - like http://favstar.fm
