I Want Celebrity Twitter

March 17th, 2007

TechnologyLots of complaints regarding the banality of Twittering, namely the pointlessness of “I’m eating a spinach and arugula salad”. But I think this could have a whole new twist and vault Twitter to yet another insane level of popularity if we get some serious “celebrity Twitters”.

Right now I’m following a few techno-celebrities on Twitter, and for some odd reason, I find it amusing to read that Jason Calacanis was at a Laker’s game last night and is now getting a barbecue installed. Simply because, I don’t have those luxuries.

There’s something amusing about how banal information when coming from a friend is just - banal - but suddenly has significance when from someone “famous”. It’s like, wow, Parker Posey ate a spinach and arugula salad???!!?!?!? It’s the reputation and image in one’s mind that makes any bit of detritus significant.

So right now, as far as celebrity twitters, we have:

And some fake celebrities:

You can get much more updated info on the Twitter Fan Wiki (here’s their fake celebrity page) so you can start Twitter-celeb-stalking. Plus, I now know that Twitter has a fondness for cats.

Disclosure: The above reference to “Paris” could be Paris the city, Paris Gellar from Gilmore Girls, ParisLemon the blogger, or Paris Hilton. I have no financial relationship with any of them.

6 comments!

  1. comment Gravatar Bill Clinton » Bill Clinton March 17, 2007 4:38 pm - March 17th, 2007

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  2. comment Gravatar Steffen - March 19th, 2007

    Oh yeah, I’d love to read more about some celebrity banalities.

    You can add Janina Gavankar to your list: http://twitter.com/janinaz (”Ms. Dewey”, “The L Word”)

  3. comment Gravatar webomatica - March 19th, 2007

    Hi Steffen, cool, there’s always room for more. I think the first movie star celebrity to join will easily get thousands of Twitter followers.

    Thanks for visiting and commenting!

  4. comment Gravatar Keith Fletcher - March 22nd, 2007

    Have you seen http://www.celebritytwitter.com. They follow the lives of celebrities using twitter.

  5. comment Gravatar Unluler - May 9th, 2007

    What you are aiming is pretty hard. I suggest you follow popsugar.com for celebrities. There are some pretty famous people commenting :)

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