What's up with celebrities and Twitter / Facebook?
I'm usually pretty good at figuring out motives, but there's one I don't get yet. Why do celebs put up generic questions on Twitter & Facebook that are obviously designed to just get massive responses? Like "What are you doing this weekend" or "What are you having for dinner?". Are they just trying to seem interested in order to appease their fans and garner more support in upcoming projects? That seems the most likely, but I feel like there's something more to it. Any ideas?
Jul-09-2010 18:55
LAdazeNYnights
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Registered: Nov 2009
Location: Los Angeles, CA
it's so they can read through all the responses and feel really good about themselves - given their weekend plans and their dinner plans hahahaha
Jul-09-2010 18:57
WittyHandle
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"Muaha ha ha ha, feeble peasants! It seems that Joey Paradopolous is dining on Kraft mac & cheese tonight... That will make my bacon wrapped Asian prostitute meal all the more tasty.. MUAHAHAHA!"
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Location: Yawbs,Giaks,and Automobiles
i think it's more of a psychological thing where the celebrity feels he/she can get in touch with his/her fans by asking a generic fans like that to give the fans a feeling the celebrity is actually his/her friend. i sense it as more of a scheme to have the fans think the celebrity is "cool","in touch with his/her fans", and "well grounded and knows who the real fans are". pretty lame if you ask me.
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Jul-09-2010 19:00
WittyHandle
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quote:
Originally posted by euphoria
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I really think there's more of a marketing angle to it though.
Jul-09-2010 19:01
euphoria
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Registered: Sep 2003
Location: New York
quote:
Originally posted by WittyHandle
I really think there's more of a marketing angle to it though.
It pays to be an attention whore when you are a celebrity
Re: What's up with celebrities and Twitter / Facebook?
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Originally posted by WittyHandle
Are they just trying to seem interested in order to appease their fans and garner more support in upcoming projects?
Pretty much this.
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Jul-09-2010 19:36
leph555
dementia depleted
Registered: Aug 2005
Location: City
They are just trying to get the fans to think that they care about them, and in return the fans will support them in anything they do
Jul-09-2010 20:25
chimera66
PARTOUZE
Registered: Jun 2006
Location: Left Coast
honestly sometimes i think it's because they are on the road, bored waiting for their flight or something and don't have shit else to do so they go through the responses to amuse themselves for 10min. some people you can tell are just addicted to twitter/fb
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Originally posted by Ygrene
I once saw Swamper peel off 4 or 5 $100 bills from a fat roll and say this to Donald Trump: "Go clean yourself up; you look like a bum.". And then he threw the bills right in Trump's face/hair! Then Swamper and his entourage of 30, who were all wearing TA monogramed Rolexes, left the room and flew to Hawaii for a few hours because Del wanted fresh coconut.
To his defense, Trump didn't even really look like a bum.
Jul-09-2010 20:28
Ian
Not dead yet.
Registered: Dec 2001
Location: UK
twitter is good for seeing convos between producers/djs you like, and sportsmen/tv people who are good at their job, getting insights into what they're upto & things you don't always see. I think when used properly it's actually quite good. btw. @bas offers blowjob to fernando torres if spain win wc 2010 ^_^
