Comments on: Oprah Goes From Zero To A Million Twitter Followers In Just 28 Days http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/14/28-days-later-oprah-races-past-a-million-twitter-followers/ Startup and Technology News Fri, 27 Nov 2009 12:33:36 -0800 hourly 1 By: The Best Tweeps I Know « Nicole in D.C. http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/14/28-days-later-oprah-races-past-a-million-twitter-followers/comment-page-1/#comment-2869115 The Best Tweeps I Know « Nicole in D.C. Tue, 21 Jul 2009 03:34:22 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=64903#comment-2869115 [...] have a leg up in this category because… well… they’re celebrities. They often don’t even need to tweet in order to retain [...] [...] have a leg up in this category because… well… they’re celebrities. They often don’t even need to tweet in order to retain [...]

]]> By: Oprah gör succé på Twitter - Jajja Magazine http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/14/28-days-later-oprah-races-past-a-million-twitter-followers/comment-page-1/#comment-2755303 Oprah gör succé på Twitter - Jajja Magazine Tue, 19 May 2009 07:39:36 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=64903#comment-2755303 [...] Läs mer på: www.techcrunch.com [...] [...] Läs mer på: http://www.techcrunch.com [...]

]]> By: Carlos Moreira http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/14/28-days-later-oprah-races-past-a-million-twitter-followers/comment-page-1/#comment-2753649 Carlos Moreira Mon, 18 May 2009 13:04:07 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=64903#comment-2753649 I wrote a small script to predict the date you will reach 1million followers.. http://twittas.com/1million/ Try it out :) I wrote a small script to predict the date you will reach 1million followers.. http://twittas.com/1million/

Try it out :)

]]> By: Oprah tem apenas um milhão de seguidores http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/14/28-days-later-oprah-races-past-a-million-twitter-followers/comment-page-1/#comment-2753424 Oprah tem apenas um milhão de seguidores Mon, 18 May 2009 08:46:34 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=64903#comment-2753424 [...] seguidores (será que o silêncio a beneficiou?) e, finalmente, conseguiu ser uma das apenas oito contas no Twitter com mais de um milhão de seguidores. As celebridades predominam neste “clube restrito”, sem se entender muito bem qual o valor que [...] [...] seguidores (será que o silêncio a beneficiou?) e, finalmente, conseguiu ser uma das apenas oito contas no Twitter com mais de um milhão de seguidores. As celebridades predominam neste “clube restrito”, sem se entender muito bem qual o valor que [...]

]]> By: Eau Claire Wisconsin Business & Technology News http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/14/28-days-later-oprah-races-past-a-million-twitter-followers/comment-page-1/#comment-2752109 Eau Claire Wisconsin Business & Technology News Sat, 16 May 2009 20:41:38 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=64903#comment-2752109 <strong>Why “Follower” Models don’t work (Yes you Twitter!) and why your social media focus should not be sheer numbers...</strong>  Developers have tried a variety of different methods to not only increase usage of their application but also to encourage other people to join. Facebook and others suggest friends, you can find who you went to school with, or search by emails. Linke... Why “Follower” Models don’t work (Yes you Twitter!) and why your social media focus should not be sheer numbers…

 Developers have tried a variety of different methods to not only increase usage of their application but also to encourage other people to join. Facebook and others suggest friends, you can find who you went to school with, or search by emails. Linke…

]]> By: TwiTsMAG.COM :: twitter :: Oprah the 8th Member who Gained Million follower. who will be the 9th Member? http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/14/28-days-later-oprah-races-past-a-million-twitter-followers/comment-page-1/#comment-2752004 TwiTsMAG.COM :: twitter :: Oprah the 8th Member who Gained Million follower. who will be the 9th Member? Sat, 16 May 2009 18:35:28 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=64903#comment-2752004 [...] mention on TechCrunch before 2 days that “only seven users have that many. Oprah just joined the club as the 8th [...] [...] mention on TechCrunch before 2 days that “only seven users have that many. Oprah just joined the club as the 8th [...]

]]> By: Twitter Dominó la Semana y un hacker tumbó Aviones | POWERPYMES http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/14/28-days-later-oprah-races-past-a-million-twitter-followers/comment-page-1/#comment-2751011 Twitter Dominó la Semana y un hacker tumbó Aviones | POWERPYMES Fri, 15 May 2009 23:23:36 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=64903#comment-2751011 [...] de bonooprah por G-Up! en Zooomrmedios estadounidense llegó a su seguidor número 1 Millón en tan solo 28 días y yo que sigo con mis cuatro seguidores. Lo que le recriminan es que ella casi no sigue a nadie y [...] [...] de bonooprah por G-Up! en Zooomrmedios estadounidense llegó a su seguidor número 1 Millón en tan solo 28 días y yo que sigo con mis cuatro seguidores. Lo que le recriminan es que ella casi no sigue a nadie y [...]

]]> By: Keď Twiiter zabezpečí 60% podiel TV sledovanosti… http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/14/28-days-later-oprah-races-past-a-million-twitter-followers/comment-page-1/#comment-2750150 Keď Twiiter zabezpečí 60% podiel TV sledovanosti… Fri, 15 May 2009 12:41:35 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=64903#comment-2750150 [...] Oprah Goes From Zero To A Million Twitter Followers In Just 28 Days [...] [...] Oprah Goes From Zero To A Million Twitter Followers In Just 28 Days [...]

]]> By: TECHNICK » Roundup: Venture capital’s alleged irrelevance, Zillow’s continued success, and more http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/14/28-days-later-oprah-races-past-a-million-twitter-followers/comment-page-1/#comment-2750007 TECHNICK » Roundup: Venture capital’s alleged irrelevance, Zillow’s continued success, and more Fri, 15 May 2009 09:57:59 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=64903#comment-2750007 [...] hits 1 million Twitter followers — And it only took 28 [...] [...] hits 1 million Twitter followers — And it only took 28 [...]

]]> By: Roundup: Venture capital’s alleged irrelevance, Zillow’s continued success, and more » VentureBeat http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/14/28-days-later-oprah-races-past-a-million-twitter-followers/comment-page-1/#comment-2749848 Roundup: Venture capital’s alleged irrelevance, Zillow’s continued success, and more » VentureBeat Fri, 15 May 2009 06:14:19 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=64903#comment-2749848 [...] hits 1 million Twitter followers — And it only took 28 days. Tags: co:Dell, co:face.com, co:google, co:News-Corp, co:the new york times, [...] [...] hits 1 million Twitter followers — And it only took 28 days. Tags: co:Dell, co:face.com, co:google, co:News-Corp, co:the new york times, [...]

]]> By: menstrual cycle http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/14/28-days-later-oprah-races-past-a-million-twitter-followers/comment-page-1/#comment-2749688 menstrual cycle Fri, 15 May 2009 03:57:04 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=64903#comment-2749688 28 days is exact one menstrual cycle. But all those people really follow all tweets? 28 days is exact one menstrual cycle.

But all those people really follow all tweets?

]]> By: Andrew Sutherland http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/14/28-days-later-oprah-races-past-a-million-twitter-followers/comment-page-1/#comment-2749579 Andrew Sutherland Fri, 15 May 2009 02:11:56 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=64903#comment-2749579 http://pipes.yahoo.com/pipes/pipe.run?_id=dgCwoPRA3hGMiYu3BB50VA&_render=rss ^^ A TechCrunch RSS feed with MG Siegler's twitter posts automatically removed. http://pipes.ya...amp;_render=rss

^^ A TechCrunch RSS feed with MG Siegler’s twitter posts automatically removed.

]]> By: Bo Lora http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/14/28-days-later-oprah-races-past-a-million-twitter-followers/comment-page-1/#comment-2749350 Bo Lora Thu, 14 May 2009 23:55:14 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=64903#comment-2749350 28 days, 1 million followers, NO CLUE what twitter is all about. Half her "followers" are fake accounts, her 42 tweets are evidence she doesn't understand what she could do with all the followers. Twitter is using the likes of @oprah and @aplusk to hype up twitter. @aplusk leads the "social Media" tag on wefollow (http://wefollow.com/tag/socialmedia) that's a complete joke! He should lead the tag "Social Control" because that's what he is really all about. I feel like we've all been punk'd once again. At the same time Twitter seems to be locking down on the common people with changes to the @replies which limits any chance of influence for common person on an extended network. They have also crippled ability to follow people who may interest you to gain a following. They say it is needed to stop "aggressive following" but what it does it stops any common person to use twitter to create a large following. I understand their view but they should also automatically delete these fake accounts from celebrity accounts. Just take a look at Oprah's followers http://twitter.com/Oprah/followers and see how many have no pictures, no followers and follow 20 people - the usual suspects like @oprah, @aplusk, @KimKardasian, @mashable, etc 28 days, 1 million followers, NO CLUE what twitter is all about. Half her “followers” are fake accounts, her 42 tweets are evidence she doesn’t understand what she could do with all the followers. Twitter is using the likes of @oprah and @aplusk to hype up twitter.

@aplusk leads the “social Media” tag on wefollow (http://wefollow...tag/socialmedia) that’s a complete joke! He should lead the tag “Social Control” because that’s what he is really all about. I feel like we’ve all been punk’d once again.

At the same time Twitter seems to be locking down on the common people with changes to the @replies which limits any chance of influence for common person on an extended network.

They have also crippled ability to follow people who may interest you to gain a following. They say it is needed to stop “aggressive following” but what it does it stops any common person to use twitter to create a large following. I understand their view but they should also automatically delete these fake accounts from celebrity accounts. Just take a look at Oprah’s followers http://twitter....Oprah/followers and see how many have no pictures, no followers and follow 20 people – the usual suspects like @oprah, @aplusk, @KimKardasian, @mashable, etc

]]> By: Jay Cuthrell http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/14/28-days-later-oprah-races-past-a-million-twitter-followers/comment-page-1/#comment-2749266 Jay Cuthrell Thu, 14 May 2009 23:00:29 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=64903#comment-2749266 Look under your chair. Look under your chair.

]]> By: Bob Boskoski http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/14/28-days-later-oprah-races-past-a-million-twitter-followers/comment-page-1/#comment-2749239 Bob Boskoski Thu, 14 May 2009 22:43:06 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=64903#comment-2749239 never... never…

]]> By: Jay Cuthrell http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/14/28-days-later-oprah-races-past-a-million-twitter-followers/comment-page-1/#comment-2749232 Jay Cuthrell Thu, 14 May 2009 22:40:02 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=64903#comment-2749232 If Twitter gathered metrics like age, sex, etc... or even the heralded "referred by" that could be tracked back to Oprah... just imagine. This is the URI stem that I'd love to see Twitter publish: /signup?follow=Oprah&commit=Join+today! If they converted all those to completed hits against /account/create or even the referral to /account/create think of how valuable that would be to advertisers. You could quantify the Oprah effect just as there was a Slasdot, Digg, TechCrunch, etc. -effect- If Twitter gathered metrics like age, sex, etc… or even the heralded “referred by” that could be tracked back to Oprah… just imagine.

This is the URI stem that I’d love to see Twitter publish:

/signup?follow=Oprah&commit=Join+today!

If they converted all those to completed hits against /account/create or even the referral to /account/create think of how valuable that would be to advertisers.

You could quantify the Oprah effect just as there was a Slasdot, Digg, TechCrunch, etc. -effect-

]]> By: Jay Cuthrell http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/14/28-days-later-oprah-races-past-a-million-twitter-followers/comment-page-1/#comment-2749220 Jay Cuthrell Thu, 14 May 2009 22:34:39 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=64903#comment-2749220 Great. Now I'll have this playing in my head for the next several hours. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WNrx2jq184 Great. Now I’ll have this playing in my head for the next several hours.

http://www.yout...h?v=2WNrx2jq184

]]> By: Liz http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/14/28-days-later-oprah-races-past-a-million-twitter-followers/comment-page-1/#comment-2749193 Liz Thu, 14 May 2009 22:24:11 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=64903#comment-2749193 Twitterholic is not a reliable source for complete information. It omits a lot of people. Twitterholic is not a reliable source for complete information. It omits a lot of people.

]]> By: Oprah crossed 1 million Twitter followers in just a month | Daily Contributor http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/14/28-days-later-oprah-races-past-a-million-twitter-followers/comment-page-1/#comment-2749190 Oprah crossed 1 million Twitter followers in just a month | Daily Contributor Thu, 14 May 2009 22:21:37 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=64903#comment-2749190 [...] [Via Tech Crunch] [...] [...] [Via Tech Crunch] [...]

]]> By: Liz http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/14/28-days-later-oprah-races-past-a-million-twitter-followers/comment-page-1/#comment-2749180 Liz Thu, 14 May 2009 22:18:08 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=64903#comment-2749180 You're a brave woman, Tara. You’re a brave woman, Tara.

]]> By: Liz http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/14/28-days-later-oprah-races-past-a-million-twitter-followers/comment-page-1/#comment-2749172 Liz Thu, 14 May 2009 22:16:36 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=64903#comment-2749172 My preliminary research says that celebrities/top users' accounts, in general, are growing at a slower than when Oprah joined Twitter. Median rate of growth/week for the Twitter's Top 500+ accounts fell from 13.35% (4/19/09) > 10.67% (4/26/09) > 9.29% (5/3/09) > 7.01% (5/10/09). My preliminary research says that celebrities/top users’ accounts, in general, are growing at a slower than when Oprah joined Twitter.

Median rate of growth/week for the Twitter’s Top 500+ accounts fell from 13.35% (4/19/09) > 10.67% (4/26/09) > 9.29% (5/3/09) > 7.01% (5/10/09).

]]> By: Steve http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/14/28-days-later-oprah-races-past-a-million-twitter-followers/comment-page-1/#comment-2749169 Steve Thu, 14 May 2009 22:14:43 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=64903#comment-2749169 It just seems like yesterday that Jason Calacanis was trying to reach 60,000 followers by offering to give away a MacBook Air. Oh...those fond old days. It just seems like yesterday that Jason Calacanis was trying to reach 60,000 followers by offering to give away a MacBook Air. Oh…those fond old days.

]]> By: Muki http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/14/28-days-later-oprah-races-past-a-million-twitter-followers/comment-page-1/#comment-2749105 Muki Thu, 14 May 2009 21:49:10 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=64903#comment-2749105 @TC for Twitter by MG... Hey everyone we are all commenting everytime on MG's articles. He knows what we like to read!!!!! @TC for Twitter by MG…

Hey everyone we are all commenting everytime on MG’s articles. He knows what we like to read!!!!!

]]> By: Adonis http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/14/28-days-later-oprah-races-past-a-million-twitter-followers/comment-page-1/#comment-2749101 Adonis Thu, 14 May 2009 21:47:36 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=64903#comment-2749101 that's good let us see how much time the genuine queen @QueenRania will take to reach 1m followers that’s good let us see how much time the genuine queen @QueenRania will take to reach 1m followers

]]> By: igniguy http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/14/28-days-later-oprah-races-past-a-million-twitter-followers/comment-page-1/#comment-2749066 igniguy Thu, 14 May 2009 21:28:26 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=64903#comment-2749066 who the hell is oprah and who the f is kutcher? who the hell is oprah and who the f is kutcher?

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