Comments on: When you think about it…

By: Karen Cropper

Karen Cropper — Tue, 26 May 2009 16:39:12 +0000

Stephen Fry’s tweet re OU’s “Devolve Me” game resulted in peak of 52,523 new visitor hits in Feb see: http://iet.open.ac.uk/about/news.cfm

By: Bruce Porteous

Bruce Porteous — Thu, 21 May 2009 18:16:02 +0000

In today’s ‘Telegraph’: Bishop of Paisley Philip Tartaglia (president of the Bishops’ Conference of Scotland communications group) on Twitter: “In dialogue with others we need to be wary of the inane chatter that can go on in the digital world which does nothing to promote growth in understanding and tolerance.” Despite initial reservations, after a month I’ve found it quite the reverse.

By: j

Thu, 21 May 2009 10:00:07 +0000

I think the difference between Stephen Fry and other tweeters is that he is already established as a trustworthy writer and broadcaster; he’s a familiar face. So not sure whether his influence is down to the power of Twitter alone. I think Twitter is simply a powerful medium which allows people access into somebody’s life they already like and admire. I must admit I usually go on just to see what Stephen Fry is up to because his work really interests me!

By: Elizabeth Barlow

Elizabeth Barlow — Thu, 21 May 2009 09:56:49 +0000

I found your site through yesterdays Fry experiment. I don’t follow Fry on twitter becuase I don’t have twitter but occasionally I look at his page and it would never have occured to me to do something like that! It was really interesting to see the effect that one question could generate. Anyway I just wanted to say how impressed I was with your very productive day off!

Elizabeth Barlow

By: Peter Morris

Peter Morris — Thu, 21 May 2009 09:38:52 +0000

I’m still trying to get into twitter. Not really seeing the point of it yet.

As for sheep, I’m not one of those :-) I wasn’t interested in the Dig post at all :-D

By: karim

karim — Thu, 21 May 2009 08:00:00 +0000

Very interesting experiment. I’ve been thinking that Twitter could be the next ‘instant news’ medium. I have been looking for ways to promote my gadget website and have been a Twit for a while now. Every now and again when I see a new gadget or read a bit of gadget news I start a Twitter conversation. See how it goes… Thanks

By: womblies

womblies — Thu, 21 May 2009 07:30:37 +0000

@Emily Yes this is all in the public forum and can legally be used anywhere by anybody, and since when has ‘talking behind her back’ not been a part of daily life..where would conversation be without this vital element?

By: Trust Tommy » Aftermath

Trust Tommy » Aftermath — Thu, 21 May 2009 07:28:49 +0000

[...] ‘used’ or people against my publishing of the ‘idolizing’ tweet. In my Fry post, I said how one of the tweets really hit it home for me just how much people love this guy, so [...]

By: Sonya

Sonya — Thu, 21 May 2009 01:15:02 +0000

Just look at Ashton Kutcher vs. CNN debacle
http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/04/17/ashton.cnn.twitter.battle/

Twitter is huge, I’m thinking V for Vendetta concepts.

Loff Sox xox

By: Rachel Pearce

Rachel Pearce — Wed, 20 May 2009 23:08:59 +0000

Interesting experiment, but I just want to point out that giving / taking techie advice to / from Mr Fry is not necessarily because of his celebrity status. Or rather it is not necessarily because of his celebrity as an actor / performer / writer etc. Since he has had a newspaper column on tech stuff (Dork Talk in the Guardian) he is by no means an ingenu when it comes to geeky questions. I don’t know anyone else who has as many followers, but if there are people with many followers but no “geeky” background it would be an interesting comparison to make.