My concern is the celebrity element taking over Twitter. By this I mean the UK celebrity element the C’ list celebrity. You only have to watch the embedded video and see Richard Bacon’s primary concern is the numbers of followers that @stephenfry and @wossy have (both respected tweeters by me).

We in the UK tend to Twitter differently to say Twitter users in the USA. I think we tend to be more personal and use it as more of chat and blog advertising place than a network to advance careers etc. Of course that is a sweeping statement and not true for all UK and USA users.

My concern about the UK media coverage of Twitter is that I think most of the UK media don’t get what Twitter is. One media guy explained to me that Twitter is for updating your FaceBook status, so yes he totally got it (insert sarcasm just there).

There are TV shows in the UK that have Twitter just right @workinglunch is one of them. It is a perfect platform for a show with a news agenda. Look at the news networks in the USA, most have Twitter accounts and interact with their Twitter audience.

I love the fact that Twitter is getting UK press but knowing our C’ list celebrities they will turn it into the bastard child of Myspace. They will use it to brag about “look I have more followers than you” etc.

Tech changes and evolves into something that the creator of that tech never imagined or intended. Twitter has evolved way beyond what it was originally intended for, it has spawned many apps and offshoots.

Twitter is a very personal thing to each of us tweeters, I just hope that the way certain TV shows in the UK are reporting on it does not turn it into the previously mentioned bastard child of Myspace.

I love Twitter and really hope our C’ list celebrities in the UK don’t fuck up our warm place

Me on Twitter

Watch the BBC The One Show report on Twitter and see if you have the same concerns as me.

We all know that the US news channels all have Twitter accounts and loads of their newspapers Tweet on Twitter. 

I emailed my local newspaper and asked if they would be tweeting local news. Guess what, no reply. UK media/news needs to keep on evolving and grasp onto new ways of spreading news. I praise the cast of Working Lunch for the Twitter plug.

Could the BBC and UK TV channels be finally catching on to this addictive and informative social network? I for one hope so.

Me on Twitter

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