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By: Laurel Papworth- Social Network Strategy » Blog Archive » Famous Twits: 50 Celebrities on Twitter

Wed, 04 Feb 2009 13:03:24 +0000

[...] Weakly and No Idea. So when people put together lists of “interesting twitterers” and less interesting ones I rushed off to find a celebrity list. Here from The Times (I’ve simplified it, go look at [...]

By: Stilgherrian

Stilgherrian — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 07:52:40 +0000

The article is still on the front of the IT section, presumably until tomorrow. I’m still getting 20+ new followers, but that my be from second-order followings.

They’ve also done a follow-up, Twitter ‘influence’ doesn’t necessarily mean ‘interesting’.

By: Stilgherrian

Stilgherrian — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 00:45:47 +0000

I’ve been busy on other things, but thought I’d quickly mention that since the story was published I’ve gained around 300 new followers.

By: Jinjirrie

Jinjirrie — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 12:50:11 +0000

Interestingly, a friend emailed the news.com.au story to me today – after reading it, she finally understood what twitter was about. Journalists, have cheer, there must still be some life in the old dog.

By: Genevieve Robey

Genevieve Robey — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 03:49:23 +0000

I agree with Rob. Your inclusion is very deserving (not that I think you’re needing to be told that, but I just have to say it). You’re definitely right up there with the most interesting in my Twitter stream.

While Rudd’s tweets are not at all ‘interesting’ he is of course ‘of interest’ – and so maybe it’s because he’s actually on Twitter that they find him worthy of being on the list.

Yes, lots of obvious ones missing but it’s hard with such a broad audience who are probably Twitter virgins. It wouldn’t be a bad list to start off with if you’d never touched Twitter before and you wanted the experience to be interesting. Maybe it should just be called ‘some interesting people to follow’ rather than ‘the most interesting’.

The good thing is everyone can have their own list and comment / pull apart any existing ones. Which … err… they seem to be doing!

By: grum

grum — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 02:48:47 +0000

I agree!

Any twitter list without me is obviously a crock of shit.

By: Snarky Platypus

Snarky Platypus — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 02:35:07 +0000

I just have one video as a response:

http://is.gd/2lq0

By: Rob Manser

Rob Manser — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 01:24:27 +0000

firstly, we all knew Stil was an icon in Australian media and has always been at the forefront of new media (from trees to data) – i liked this article – it shows that Twitter has some appeal for the common folk, the only risk here, is that Twitter might get de-geeked to the screams of those that love it as a forum for tech talk…
but hey – who cares, congratulations Stil on the accolade, now all you need is for news.com.au to pay you mega bucks to publish your thoughts!

By: Stilgherrian

Stilgherrian — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 23:38:37 +0000

I’m currently getting new Twitter followers at the rate of one per minute. This is insane. I’ll reply to comments and stuff later, when the silly giggly excitement subsides.

By: Evan

Evan — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 23:14:56 +0000

It all makes sense now, here was me thinking MSM meant something else (Men who have Sex with Men) http://gaylife.about.com/od/gaydictionary/g/msm.htm

The picture they have on the front page also has “e on gay penguins if yr interested”

I’ve no idea too how @KevinRuddPM made it on the list, his tweets are probably the most boring on Twitter

All I can say is it must have been a slow news day at news.com.au

By: firstdogonthemoon

firstdogonthemoon — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 23:04:37 +0000

Look! My avatars! On the news.com.au front page! Me me me me me me me — I am everywhere. My mum would be so proud. That @aramadge is a fellow of considerable sophistication n’est-ce pas?

By: Neerav

Neerav — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 22:53:41 +0000

I’ll reveal a secret that most bloggers/twitterati (present company excepted) won’t tell you.

They’ll bag MSM (mainstream media) aka newspapers and TV networks mercilessly on a day to day basis, however:

1. If they get mentioned in the MSM than all is forgiven and the MSM is sage-like arbiter of quality, separating wheat from the chaff etc.

2. If they feel that MSM has ignored them than the anti-MSM vitriol will be doubled.

By: Fake Stephen Conroy

Fake Stephen Conroy — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 19:36:20 +0000

Look, the title was "Australia's most interesting Twitter users", and looking at the list, it's obvious that finding even 10 interesting Twitterers was a stretch. If it was a list of "The Most Annoying and Shameless Self-Promotors" or "The Most Hand-wavingest Futurists" or "People who love Eurovision", then sure, I could see the likes of @SilkCharm, @mpesce, and @NickHodge on the list. Why do those folks even give a crap, anyway? I thought MSM was an irrelevant dinosaur? Nevermind, I'm sure someone will come out with a counter-list (if they haven't already) that corrects this outrageous miscarriage of justice.