Also valuable to Twitter are influential users of the site, like celebrities, politicians, journalists and athletes, the company said.
One report suggests the regulators have some of the most influential users of Sina Weibo, those with millions or tens of millions of followers, in their sights.
Eric T. Peterson, the chief executive of Twitalyzer, points out that some of the most influential users also make a big effort to respond to much less famous people with personal messages.
Chatter's analytic system, which can identify the most influential users, shows that only around 40 percent of the sales team is active on the service, said Tacy Parker, global sales force manager at Symantec.
In 2013, the government launched a crackdown on online "rumour-mongering" targeting influential users on the Twitter-like website Sina Weibo, but it was widely seen as an attempt to stem criticism of the ruling Communist party.
Dominic was recently voted in both the top 50 most influential people in UK local government and top 50 most influential users of social networking site Twitter in the UK.
These incidents of coordinated abuse are often instigated by influential users with thousands of followers, or even planned on a separate website or forum, where the victim is singled out as a target.
GOOGLE'S ACCUSATION China's official Communist Party newspaper issued a caustic response to Google's charge that Chinese hackers had taken aim at influential users of Google's Gmail service, calling the accusations "political gaming" aimed at fomenting new discord between Beijing and Washington.
BEIJING — China's official Communist Party newspaper issued a caustic response on Monday to Google's charge that Chinese hackers had taken aim at influential users of its Gmail service, calling the accusations "political gaming" aimed at fomenting new discord between the Beijing and Washington governments.
Influential users have significant influence across a number of topics.
Its 'Connect'product helps brands connect with influential users.
