Is @Beyonce the first person to get to a million followers on Twitter without ever having tweeted? Proves what follower numbers really mean

anildash March 20, 2011 feed Is @Beyonce the first person to get to a million followers on Twitter without ever having tweeted? Proves what follower numbers really mean.

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29 twitter replies

Rachael 2,936 March 20, 2011 Reply

@anildash you still have hope?
jxn1prince 183 March 20, 2011 Reply

@anildash you do kno this is not the real beyonce right, she said she dont do twitter or facebook
MacTipsDaily 2,699 March 20, 2011 Reply

@anildash at least her account isn't 'verified' by twitter...
danyork 4,162 March 20, 2011 Reply

@anildash Gee, and look... @beyonce has a Klout score of 50 - with *0* tweets http://klout.com/beyonce
ZenPsycho 317 March 20, 2011 Reply

@anildash I wonder what percentage of twitter population are actual participants?
ashoklalla 1,491 March 20, 2011 Reply

Point 2 ponder! @anildash Is @Beyonce 1st persn 2 get million Twitter followers w/out ever hv tweeted? Proves wht follower nmbrs really mean
erikrolfsen 1,083 March 20, 2011 Reply

@anildash @mathewi Hmmm, well it does mean a million people will be hanging on her first tweet. That's something.
EffingEpic 346 March 20, 2011 Reply

@anildash speaking of @Beyonce, I hate @tinafey's guts: http://twitter.com/#!/TINAFEY. How dare she--this is a blasphetweetemy!
americanmirror 865 March 20, 2011 Reply

@anildash @Beyonce Ignorance is Bliss.
hummingbird604 6,926 March 20, 2011 Reply

.@anildash @mathewi not quite Anil - it proves that people's obsession with stars is pervasive, EVEN on Twitter That is what it proves
i_shot_first 20 March 20, 2011 Reply

@anildash @beyonce has the best Twitter following of all time. OF ALL TIME.
kim 83,037 March 20, 2011 Reply

@anildash It reflects class divisions: 1) The Landed Gentry (#SUL and favoritism); 2) Working Class (Tweets/quality matter); 3) Media Icons.
RolandGossage 59 March 20, 2011 Reply

@anildash @Beyonce In a way it show that just because you have a large amount of follower does not mean that you have relevant content
snaggletart 55 March 20, 2011 Reply

@anildash @Beyonce Charlie Sheen got there faster! But heeee's a baaaaaaad booooooy! Set records in both areas!
Abbeyjonesy 16 March 20, 2011 Reply

@anildash Is that a question or prove?
greatvacaspots 1,624 March 20, 2011 Reply

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midnightc0wb0y 0 March 20, 2011 Reply

@anildash that's right my friend, it means BS.
Beyoncy_Knowles 3,302 March 20, 2011 Reply

@anildash I am on here fool
badosa 168 March 20, 2011 Reply

Just after my RT of @anildash about @beyonce's followers I'm followed by @beyonce_fans, & Anil is followed too! Robots don't read these days
TeamSimmy 469 March 20, 2011 Reply

@anildash Check Out @QUEENSIMMY UK's Beyonce strut her stuff in Exclusive preview Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYJIC4WEI...
beyoncestaan 466 March 20, 2011 Reply

@anildash yeeea lol that shows how much she's loved and missed
Brunazo10 30 March 20, 2011 Reply

@anildash @Beyonce Well maybe she has wrote something long time ago and deleted it?
fhalgharabally 18 March 20, 2011 Reply

@anildash probably 90% spam account supported
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