• Oprah Gets on Twitter; What's Up?

    Oprah Gets on Twitter; What's Up?

    Techtree News Staff, Apr 18, 2009 1552 hrs IST

    244,888 people start following her on day one

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"Good nite tweets. First big day in twitterland. Gotta get some shut eye and use the weekend for rebooting."

That was influential American media personality Oprah Winfrey after her first day using micro-blogging service, Twitter. She got introduced to the popular service by Ashton Kutcher who celebrated his winning in a self-proclaimed popularity contest against cable news giant CNN.

Read: Ashton Kutcher Gets 1 Million Followers on Twitter

After Winfrey registered on Twitter on Friday, she had 244,888 people following her the first day.

There's buzz across the Internet about how celebrities like Winfrey and Kuchter are destroying the Twitter culture, or Twitterverse, by missing the whole point of the service.

The point of the service being and especially reasoning for its popularity are difficult to explain. However, simply - Twitter is one lengthy, open conversation going on among hundreds people from all walks of life - Users, or Twits, can choose to step in and out of this conversation.

Instead of bombarding people with an information-overload, the service is claimed to be the opposite of that as it lets people choose when they want to follow this informational conversation, and then get out of it.

In Winfrey's case, her non-fans claim that like Kutcher, she too is using the Twitter as a popularity platform where she would just talk about herself and not converse with her fans.  

Well, how does it matter? The fact of the matter remains that such people can CHOOSE to follow or unfollow Oprah!

On another note, perhaps Dr. Phil should soon follow Oprah on Twitter.

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,Mumbai, on May 03, 2009 02:56 PM
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stew
,baltimore, on Apr 18, 2009 10:34 PM
Oprah's debut on Twitter is incredibly important - a truly significant milestone for our culture. It's likely that her show, magazine, book club, and other venues she used to inject herself into the world and create newer and better revenue streams were wearing a little thin. Now that she's discovered Twitter those slightly jaded viewers, readers, worshipers now have a new way to pretend they know HER and that SHE is speaking to them. In other words, they have a new way to pretend their lives have meaning. "Sorry, can't step out on the ledge right now...waiting for Oprah to dispense a new pearl."
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jason
,los angeles, on Apr 18, 2009 08:55 PM
who gives a shit who gives a fuck!
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Lee Brookhart
,Manchester, CT, on Apr 18, 2009 08:28 PM
Who cares? Twitter is an app for outright narcissists.
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don carlos
,osburn,idaho, on Apr 18, 2009 07:04 PM
how many twits does it take to make a twitter? get a life america.... there is hope after the twitter bug has ran its course.. wake up and smell the roses.. ther is time and it is running out if you have the twitter bug.....
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don carlos
,osburn,idaho, on Apr 18, 2009 06:45 PM
what a twit opra is, twittering away her spare time.
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clam
,Washington, on Apr 18, 2009 05:58 PM
Well said Mudster...
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Mudster
,Newark, on Apr 18, 2009 05:56 PM
Looks Like Twit just jumped the shark!
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Charlotte
,Newtown, CT, on Apr 18, 2009 05:19 PM
Who cares if the huge '"O" Twitters??
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DMP
,Michigan, on Apr 18, 2009 04:23 PM
What do you expect from a twit like OPRAH....."just wants to talk about herself, not converse with her fans". She must be tired of blowing sunshine up MO's dresses.
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