Yesterday afternoon something on Twitter caught my eye – a comment from someone that ‘Stephen Fry is now following you’ was an email that would be going on his Facebook wall. Stephen Fry on Twitter? Naturally I had a look, and there indeed he was, fresh on Twitter just a day or so previously, but with over 700 followers already. This morning there are now 2,700. Nick Broom (@nickbroom) wondered if this was a record.
It does appear to be the real SF, judging by the tweets and the link from his website. Although of course Twitter plays host to plenty of bots, scammers and wannabes purporting to be some prominent person or other. I’ve read some hilarious Tweets from someone claiming to be Bill Clinton, and whether it’s him or not I’m not too bothered.
So … the power of word of mouth, or is there some other cute phrase – word of tweet? Plus I got that same email when SF followed me back – result!
