It isn’t as exciting as it sounds, but @britneyspears and @THE_REAL_SHAQ have made their respective ways to the twitter stream. Shaq seems to be doing his own tweeting, while Britney occasionally chimes-in between those tweets entered by her PR team. Which is to say that Shaq seems to be enjoying the Twitterverse , while Team Britney is working a piece of her marketing campaign . Shaq is more entertaining.
My bigger interest with their twitter presence is who they choose to follow. Is it just fans? Is there any interest in the tech world? Are there other folks from their industries jumping on the twitter wagon? (Managers, Agents, PR Firms, etc.) Are they following and reading my tweets? Should I let Shaq know I’m a Kings fan and still upset about the 2002 Western Conference Finals?
Currently @britneyspears has a follow/following of 1,555/9,010 and @THE_REAL_SHAQ is showing 270/10,108. (Should note that Britney appeared about a month and a half earlier, yet she trails in followers.) And while these are relatively impressive numbers, they are nowhere near the likes of @ijustine 1,562/27,066, @Scobleizer 20,978/39,808, or @JasonCalacanis 48,114/40,983. (I was surprised to see his numbers. Where did he find an additional 7,000+ people to follow?) All their numbers are ridiculous when I consider my own 171/182 ratio. I can barely keep up with reading them, let alone find time to reply.
Perhaps more Hollywood celebrities will pop into the world of Tweeting. It’ll be interesting to see the potential number of followers they’ll bring with them. Can TwitterLand survive another growth spurt or are we looking at a bunch more fail whales in 2009 as the service tries to go mainstream?
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Tweeting With The Stars was first posted to justinll.com on November 24, 2008.
I checked ’em all out. You’re right! Shaq either does his own work or he has someone with the same mental capacity twitting his messages. “I told Greg Oden I’m a Martian.” You know I always thought his monotone and retarded comments were, well, they were retarded. I’m starting to like the guy. Just your average 7’1″ martian with feet, size 24.
I feel like the law of accelerating returns is upon us. We’ll hit that technological singularity soon. 2025 is my updated non-professional guess. I’m already out of the loop. I’ve no recollection of iJustine nor do I care to get to know her or her attributes/cohorts/reason for fame/etc. She along with the other hucksters you linked. I’m no tech junkie. I just like to see the overall picture of the phunky techno sphere. In other, I’d like to see the Transcendent.