Comments on: All the cool kids are worried about Oprah on Twitter. Please. http://jeffhilimire.com/2009/04/all-the-cool-kids-are-worried-about-oprah-on-twitter-please/ New trends in emerging media and digital marketing. Wed, 01 Sep 2010 16:24:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Jeff Hilimire http://jeffhilimire.com/2009/04/all-the-cool-kids-are-worried-about-oprah-on-twitter-please/comment-page-1/#comment-185 Jeff Hilimire Tue, 21 Apr 2009 18:26:34 +0000 http://jeffhilimire.com/?p=255#comment-185 Seesmic video reply from Disqus. Seesmic video reply from Disqus.

]]> By: Jeff Hilimire http://jeffhilimire.com/2009/04/all-the-cool-kids-are-worried-about-oprah-on-twitter-please/comment-page-1/#comment-44 Jeff Hilimire Tue, 21 Apr 2009 11:26:34 +0000 http://jeffhilimire.com/?p=255#comment-44 Seesmic video reply from Disqus. Seesmic video reply from Disqus.

]]> By: Andrew Jones http://jeffhilimire.com/2009/04/all-the-cool-kids-are-worried-about-oprah-on-twitter-please/comment-page-1/#comment-43 Andrew Jones Mon, 20 Apr 2009 19:22:41 +0000 http://jeffhilimire.com/?p=255#comment-43 I think my animosity at the whole Ashton/Oprah situation isn't so much that I think it will affect me. I won't follow either one of them. However, I wonder how this will start a trend on Twitter that ultimately will be its downfall. <br><br>Think about the new Twitter user. They sign up and look for people to get started following. If they go by what sites like <a href="http://WeFollow.com" rel="nofollow">WeFollow.com</a> and even Twitter itself recommends, it's going to be people with the highest number of followers. And that's going to be celebrity blowhards with nothing to say and no merits for being at the top, other than they have better vehicles for getting the word out.<br><br>Really smart people with something to say, or legitimate news sources will be completely drowned in the flood of celebrity douchebags that's sure to follow. And social media users are a fickle, short-attention-span bunch. They congregate with the biggest crowds. Once people start leaving for higher ground, Twitter will become a husk leaving behind nothing but Oprah, Ashton and a bunch of huckster marketers.<br><br>'Course that's just my opinion :) I think my animosity at the whole Ashton/Oprah situation isn't so much that I think it will affect me. I won't follow either one of them. However, I wonder how this will start a trend on Twitter that ultimately will be its downfall.

Think about the new Twitter user. They sign up and look for people to get started following. If they go by what sites like WeFollow.com and even Twitter itself recommends, it's going to be people with the highest number of followers. And that's going to be celebrity blowhards with nothing to say and no merits for being at the top, other than they have better vehicles for getting the word out.

Really smart people with something to say, or legitimate news sources will be completely drowned in the flood of celebrity douchebags that's sure to follow. And social media users are a fickle, short-attention-span bunch. They congregate with the biggest crowds. Once people start leaving for higher ground, Twitter will become a husk leaving behind nothing but Oprah, Ashton and a bunch of huckster marketers.

'Course that's just my opinion :)

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