Twitter, the popular social networking tool, has become a world-wide craze. Posts, otherwise known as tweets, are limited to 140 characters, and the service was first adopted by mainly business and media outlets, used to keep updated on the daily and sometimes minute to minute changes in their areas of expertise.
However, Twitter has gone mainstream. More and more people are utilizing the service for their own needs and agendas. One of the unusual aspects of Twitter is the thrust of the free social networking service’s popularity into the general population has been due to the increasing number of celebrities on Twitter. In fact, the idea of celebrities on Twitter has become so ingrained into Twitter culture, that the concept has even turned into a comedy bit on NBC’s The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien, called Celebrity Twitter Tracker.
Normally, celebrities avoid at all costs the paparazzi and crave their needed and deserved privacy, but for some strange reason, when a celebrity opens up a twitter account, they seem to talk about everything.
Here are the top nine celebrities on Twitter and their most recent posts according to NYDaily News.
Britney Spears recently tweeted, “Hung out by the pool yesterday, checked out some sketches of costumes for the tour, and rented Pride and Glory. The costumes are crazy! – Brit”
Lance Armstrong tweeted, “Good Morning. Today is world cancer day. Make it a good one.”
Saquille O’Neal basketball star tweeted, “ Say it aint so what I’m reading about Michael phelps….is this real 8:19 AM Feb 2nd from txt”
CNN News anchor Rick Sanchez tweeted, “Watching Gibbs, sounds like he’s saying Obama no longer pussy-footing around. Does that mean to hell with bipartisanship?”
John Cleese: “I am almost dead but nonetheless invigorated by the flush of ground-breaking liberal electoral success.”
Ashton Kutcher who seems to get the most buzz about being a celebrity on Twitter recently commented on Christian Bale’s anger: “Poor man, he was hard at work, minding his own business, got slightly upset with someone and now the whole world knows about it.”
Dave Matthews wondered about odors on a recent tweet. “I wonder if snail fairts smell if you’re close enough to the snail’s a—hole to smell something so tiny?”
Demi Moore dispelled a rumor: “Been asked all day so to clear up rumors we are not adopting a child but what a gift if that at some time was something we wanted to do!”
Solange Knowles tweeted, “I feel and look homeless. At least the weather is nice.”
Other celebrities on Twitter that may be worth checking our are:
• Peter Pacinelli • John Hodgman • James Kyson Lee • Greg Grunberg • Felicia Day • Brea Gant • David Mitchel • Fran Drescher • Greg Grunberg • John Lithgow • LeVar Burton • Luke Wilson • Mischa Barton • Oprah Winfrey • Penn Jilette • Rainn Wilson • Stephen Fry • Wil Wheaton • William Shatner • Ric Marlow • David Lohr • Perez Hilton • Nick Jonas • Kevin Jonas • Joe Jonas • Trent REzno • 50 Cent • Erykah Badu • Henry Rollins • Imogen Heap • John Mayer • Kanye West
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Finding anything or anyone using Twitter can be a daunting task. So many people all over the world utilize Twitter, it's almost like a recreation of the Web, only more massive with millions and millions of miniature blog posts.
Social networking in an environment like that can offer some unique challenges! But, it is also fun, and worthwhile if done right.
To help fellow Twitter's in finding exactly the information they need or want people have designed what is known as a Twitter directory. There are all kinds of Twitter directories though: a geographically based Twitter directory, various celebrity Twitter directories, and Twitter business directories, to just name a few. There's even a Twitter directory that lists anything and everyone Irish related, and there are some very, very specifically tuned Twitter directories, such as the Twitter Directory of Learning Professionals (& Others) on Twitter and the Twitter directory of Book Trade People.
Here are a several categorized lists of Twitter Directories that can be a helpful start in Twitter searches.
General and Mainstream Twitter Directories
1. GeoFollow at geofollow.com: GeoFollow searches by city, state, zip, country, tag, name, username, keyword, and by a map. Because this Twitter directory lists people on a first come, first service basis and those who sign up first receive higher rankings, this may not be the best way to find relevant ranking tweets in this Twitter search.
2. WeFollow at wefollow.com: WeFollow lists tweets by interest. The site is smooth and simple to navigate.
3. The Ultimate Twitter Directory is based right here in Santa Barbara, CA http://tweetfind.com - Ask for Ruben and tell him Taylor sent you!
Geographically Based Twitter Directories
1. Loaded Web at www.loadedweb.com: Loaded Web services Canada, the UK, Australia, New Zealand, and the U.S. Loaded Web allows tweeters to find tweets who are as close as their own neighbors. Currently, the local directory lists 1300 tweets from the United States alone.
2. Local Tweeps at localtweeps.com: Local Tweeps is currently in its beta version, but does an excellent job of mapping Twitter profiles geographically.
3. Twellowhood: www.twellow.com/twellowhood Twellowhood is excellent for a local Twitter people finder. The service only services the U.S., Canada, and Australia right now, but plans are in the works to include additional countries.
City Based Twitter Directories
1. ChirpCity at chirpcity.com: ChirpCity is a local Twitter search that lists the latest tweets from and about individual cities.
2. CityTweets at citytweets.net: CityTweets currently has approximately 23 U.S. cities in their directory and tracks (near) real-time tweets from those individual cities
Twitr is an interest based Twitter directory, but users can also add city tags to their searches.
Business Twitter Directories
1. Analyst Twitter Directory: This is mainly a business directory of various industry analysts on Twitter.
2. Brands That Tweet This is a grouping of brand name Twitter accounts. The majority of the brand name Twitter accounts are not managed by the brands themselves.
3. C-Level Tweeters C-Level Tweeters is run by the same guy who does Brands That Tweet. The directory lists CEOs, CTOs, and CMOs.
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Twitter, the popular social networking tool, has become a world-wide craze. Posts, otherwise known as tweets, are limited to 140 characters, and the service was first adopted by mainly business and media outlets, used to keep updated on the daily and sometimes minute to minute changes in their areas of expertise.
Here are the top nine celebrities on Twitter and their most recent posts according to NYDaily News.
