Are Celebrities Destroying Twitter?

Fuente: Alternet
By Deanna Zandt

To balance out the inanities of celebs trying to self-promote, you should get on Twitter and talk about what's important to you.

On April 17, Oprah joined Twitter, topping off a several-month media frenzy around the new microblogging service that allows people to post 140-character messages for others, known as "followers," to read.

It’s been around since 2006, made a breakout run for geek-worship at 2007’s South by Southwest (SXSW) festival, and as social media services in general have made their mark on the culture, Twitter has taken the celebrity culture by storm.

Ashton Kutcher, that scamp of a guy, is being widely criticized for storming the Twitter castle and bringing other celebrities, as well as his own ego, to the party. Ah, Ashton, you’re always up to something, aren’t you? While handing the keys over to Oprah, Kutcher also challenged CNN to a duel: to see who could reach 1 million followers first.

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