Comments on: will twitter kill our obsession with celebrity?

By: Tommy Mccroy

Tommy Mccroy — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 01:57:41 +0000

I read that he that he wanted do a Home and Away cameo lmao. Not sure how true this is, has anyone else heard it? There’s a part of me that kind of hopes this is true lol.

By: Philip Ferris

Philip Ferris — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 20:17:21 +0000

The cult of celebrity been around for hundreds of years, it’s just modern technology that has allowed it to spread so much more widely.

Obsession has been around for eons and will continue, Twitter or no. The obsession moves but does not go away.

I admit an interest in it all; I like to follow a few old style stars (my term for celebrities who have earned their chops) and like to see things from their perspective; a different sort of spin from that of the newspapers.

By: Becks

Becks — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 23:56:06 +0000

More on celebs on Twitter from Wadds here: http://www.rainierpr.co.uk/blog/2009/01/hardcore-users-unsettled-as-twitter.html

By: PaulieA

PaulieA — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 12:55:24 +0000

a side point to what you write about really…but what I find weird is that the presence of celebs on Twitter turns some people into desperate semi-stalkers, who are hoping that a response from a celeb will accord them some sort of glamour by proxy. Clue – it doesn’t.

So no more ‘great post celeb x, that’s really funny’, no more mindless sycophancy and please no more re-tweeting of every single thing that famous twitterers tweet.

By: kyussmondo

kyussmondo — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 12:52:08 +0000

I see your point and for some celebrities it will indeed help bring out the more human side and a better interaction with fans. Stars such as Stephen Fry use it very productively. However, I am not convinced that many celebrities will have the time, know how or be allowed to post tweets personally. More often than not it is someone else posting on their behalf. This is probably for protecting their image if they have a drunken night out and post something they later regret! Time will tell though and I hope Twitter does have a positive effect.

I am now following you on Twitter, you have many great blog posts .

By: Becks

Becks — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 12:03:01 +0000

Thanks for taking the time to stop by and comment David.

In answer to your point, I don’t think it will. I think obsession is often built on the percpetion that celebrities are out of reach whereas Twitter makes that two way communication so much more attainable. agre with it not being mainstream but I have seen an uplift in followers (friends and unknown) from outside the typical Twitter pool since Jonathan Ross’ widespread Twitter coverage in the mainstream press and see this as a trend that will grow and continue.

Time will tell though eh?

By: kyussmondo

kyussmondo — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 11:31:04 +0000

Surely Twitter just brings more celebrity obsession? Twitter lets you follow your favourite celebs even closely. Twitter is still far from hitting the mainstream yet, most people still use Facebook, MySpace and/or Bebo as their way of communicating with friends. Services such as Twitter and Flickr seem more niche.

I doubt people are going to start joining Twitter in masses unless they see it offers them anything. At the moment I think they feel that Facebook offers them everything with Status Updates and sharing pictures with friends.