No stopping Stephen Fry’s Twitter following
By Maggie Holland in Editorial
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It’s nice to be popular isn’t it? Stephen Fry would know, as he is single-handedly taking over the Twittersphere. Or at least his followers are. All 100,000-plus of them.
At the time of writing this post, Fry was being followed (gosh, sounds like stalking doesn’t it) by 101,602 followers, was himself following 32,058 people and he’d posted 1,045 updates to his feed. As an avid Twitterer or Tweeter (whatever the de rigeur term is these days), those figures won’t stand still for long.
I’ve only recently got into Twitter. I’m not as ‘on it’ as many people I know but I do find it a great source of both amusement and information. I’m also following Fry’s feed as he is an incredibly witty, knowledgable and charming individual. I’m also following Jonathan Ross’ feed. He posts with the same gusto and frequency as Fry and his feed is palatable for exactly the same reasons.
No, I’m not a celebrity Twitter following addict. In fact, I quite dislike the whole notion of celebrity. Granted, Fry and Ross are two gents who appear on TV/in the papers/insert media medium here a lot but their appeal goes way beyond what good lighting, stage directions and being seen with the right people achieves. They’ve got a bit of substance too.
Although Twitter’s been around for a while, there are many people just like me who’ve only recently started to dabble and I’m quite intrigued as to where it will all lead.
Update: This post has only taken 5 mins to write and already Stephen Fry’s Twitter following has reached 101,650. That’s a whole lotta followers per minute.
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Loading ...Comment by - February 3, 2009 on 9:01 am
I too follow Fry & Wossy. Just because I find them entertaining not because they are entertainers.
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