Social media works because we’re all on a level playing field. We’re judged not by our fame, but what we say, what we accomplish and how we contribute to others around us.
Seeing some dude being introduced as “TV’s Ryan Stiles” this morning by Scott Monty is ridiculous. Monty, seemingly one of the good guys for Ford, is apparently little more than a guy looking to sell Fords.
Dude, we get it. You’re here to make Ford look good and you’re usually pretty good at it. This was not one of those times.
Enough about O. Enough about Ashton. Enough about celebs. Tell me about your friends. Introduce me to the wicked smart lady who’s too busy raising her kids to leave the house. Tell us what you think.
Internet celebrity isn’t the same as real life celebrity. We know that. Social media also isn’t the place for you shallow celebs with nothing substantial to say.
You want to be liked around here? CONTRIBUTE.
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One could argue that a “real life” celeb is contributing by giving the “new technology” an air of legitimacy. Therefor ensuring that it will survive (get funded, whatever) so it’ll be around for the rest of us to use.
I’m not sure I fully buy that argument, but it did come to mind as someone who has fought inside his company to show the legitimacy of social media as a way to communications with others. Oprah lends a level of weight to the “old skool who doesn’t know any better” more than say, you and me.
Twitter could charge their existing users $1 a month and do just fine.
Personally, I don’t give a rats @$$ about celebs joining Twitter or how many followers they have, although I did watch the Oprah episode and it was cool seeing @stefsull and @garazi tweets displayed on the show.
Many people DO care about the celebs and what they do, so when they promote and/or talk about Twitter, it drives more people to the service. So do you want more people on Twitter or not? Celebs bring more people on board, that’s for sure.
Wesley-
I figure the people that are really going to contribute on twitter and social media don’t need to be told by Oprah to do so.
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