Ghost twitter : Good or Bad?

27 March 2009 ~ View Comments

Ghost twitter : Good or Bad?

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I just now read a really good article about Ghost twitter. ‘Ghost twitter’ is someone who pretends to be having a celebrity, star, player or any company’s profile on twitter but there is actually someone else tweeting on their behalf. Kind of a wolf in a lions’ skin.

Below article should tell you what exactly I am talking about.

When Stars Twitter, a Ghost May Be Lurking
By NOAM COHEN

A need for constant updates has created a cottage industry that fans may not be aware of: Twitter ghostwriters….

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/27/technology/internet/27twitter.html

Also there is a big discussion is going on Twitter itself about it.

After reading this article you might have got the idea behind Ghost Twitter. Now I would love to read readers comments about this. Is it good, bad, misuse of medium & technology or any other response you would like to add.

Feel free to discuss and elaborate on your point.

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Jenna McWilliams

I first saw this article in the New York Times and was so disappointed by its subject matter–the headline seemed so promising. I thought it was going to be about a celestial phenomenon….it wasn’t. So I helpfully rewrote it: http://jennamcwilliams.blogspot.com/2009/03/nytimes-headline-when-stars-twitter.html.
Jenna McWilliams

I first saw this article in the New York Times and was so disappointed by its subject matter–the headline seemed so promising. I thought it was going to be about a celestial phenomenon….it wasn’t. So I helpfully rewrote it: http://jennamcwilliams.blogspot.com/2009/03/nytimes-headline-when-stars-twitter.html.
James

Back when I was young (use old raspy voice here) we talked of how musical artists who let companies sponsor their tours or celebrities who did car commercials were “SELLOUTS”. Now it it accepted as the status quo. It is what it is, it is still up to the consumer to make his/her choices on what they like and who they will “follow”.
James

Back when I was young (use old raspy voice here) we talked of how musical artists who let companies sponsor their tours or celebrities who did car commercials were “SELLOUTS”. Now it it accepted as the status quo. It is what it is, it is still up to the consumer to make his/her choices on what they like and who they will “follow”.
Anurag Bansal

Very well said…
In fact it is upto followers to see if there is an actual person behind the tweets. If they still want to follow as a fan, follow them, else, just start ditching such people. This misuse of technology will automatically end by itself when such people realize that the followers are the fans of celebrities, not someone in their clothes.
Hope I made any sense here…

Cheers
Anurag Bansal
Anurag Bansal

Very well said…In fact it is upto followers to see if there is an actual person behind the tweets. If they still want to follow as a fan, follow them, else, just start ditching such people. This misuse of technology will automatically end by itself when such people realize that the followers are the fans of celebrities, not someone in their clothes.Hope I made any sense here…CheersAnurag Bansal
http://twitter.com/dstefanopoulos/status/1516031431 DStefanopoulos

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