As Twitter becomes more popular, an increasing number of celebrities are climbing on the bandwagon. Or, at least, they appear to be climbing on the bandwagon until it’s revealed that some celebs are getting some help to produce updates, which is pretty sad considering we’re talking about 140 characters or less.
Perhaps the most notorious, now you see me using Twitter, now you don’t was/is Britney Spears, who emerged with a splash on Twitter only to have her microblogging enthusiasm disclosed to be less than authentic.
So, how do you know which celebrities are legitimately using Twitter, and those are who faking it and/or using ghost writers?
Tweetexorcist hopes to become the place where all is revealed. With a mission to keep it real, Tweetexorcist has a mandate to monitor Twitter for “unauthentic accounts”.
“Our mission is to help users make informed decisions when building their follow lists”, the Web site proclaims.
Started by Roger Hjulstrom and Amy Dean, Tweetexorcist features a series of polls asking whether celebrities are using a ghost writer, using Twitter themselves, or whether it’s an impostor using Twitter.
“Honesty is Twitter’s currency,” Hjulstrom said in a press release. “Some celebrities don’t realize how much better it sounds if they tweet themselves, even if it’s not that often. Twitter is a medium for personal connections, whether they are social, business, or publicity related. Anyone can afford to spend the time on 140 characters. Let’s not debase it like many of the world’s mediums.”
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Are You For Real?
As Twitter becomes more popular, an increasing number of celebrities are climbing on the bandwagon. Or, at least, they appear to be climbing on the bandwagon until it’s revealed that some celebs are getting some help to produce updates, which is pretty sad considering we’re talking about 140 characters or less.
Perhaps the most notorious, now you see me using Twitter, now you don’t was/is Britney Spears, who emerged with a splash on Twitter only to have her microblogging enthusiasm disclosed to be less than authentic.
So, how do you know which celebrities are legitimately using Twitter, and those are who faking it and/or using ghost writers?
Tweetexorcist hopes to become the place where all is revealed. With a mission to keep it real, Tweetexorcist has a mandate to monitor Twitter for “unauthentic accounts”.
“Our mission is to help users make informed decisions when building their follow lists”, the Web site proclaims.
Started by Roger Hjulstrom and Amy Dean, Tweetexorcist features a series of polls asking whether celebrities are using a ghost writer, using Twitter themselves, or whether it’s an impostor using Twitter.
“Honesty is Twitter’s currency,” Hjulstrom said in a press release. “Some celebrities don’t realize how much better it sounds if they tweet themselves, even if it’s not that often. Twitter is a medium for personal connections, whether they are social, business, or publicity related. Anyone can afford to spend the time on 140 characters. Let’s not debase it like many of the world’s mediums.”
So, what do you think?