In my opinion, Twitter is the easiest way for people new to social media to get involved.

But What’s Twitter?

The New York Times says:

Twitter is a simple messaging service that you’ve either heard about a lot or not at all. Either way, it’s a fun and useful tool, well worth trying if you want to reach potential and existing customers, employees or employers.

What’s a Ruby Merbist?

The Merbist says:

A Traditional Ruby Merbist is one who is trained or skilled in the dispensing of merbal prescriptions in the Rubyist tradition.

The following list is not intended to be all-inclusive and is in no particular order, but it should give you a great start to following some talented Merbists.

1. Ezra Zygmuntowicz – ezmobius
2. Matt Aimonetti – merbist
3. Yehuda Katz – wycats
4. Foy Savas – foysavas
5. Daniel Neighman – hassox (His updates are protected)
6. Carl Lerche – carllerche
7. Corey Donohoe – atmos
8. Fabio Akita – AkitaOnRails
9. Geoffrey Grosenbach – topfunky
10. maiha – maiha
11. khelll – khelll
12. merbivore – merbivore
13. DataMapper – datamapper

Update: The Rubyists are converting to Merbists!! We are updating the list based on your recommendations:

1. Christian Guimaraes – csgui
2. Michael Ivey – ivey
3. Matt Todd – maraby
4. John Schult – schulty
5. Bryan Ray – bryanray
6. Bruce Williams – wbruce
7. shayarnett – shayarnett
8. markpercival – markpercival
9. benburkert – benburkert
10. brianthecoder – brianthecoder

Have we missed out any Merbists?
You can help. Please feel free to add a link to a Merbist’s Twitter profile. We would love to hear why you think the particular Merbist is important to Tweet with. Also, do add a link to your Twitter profile in the comments.