Comments on: Ashton Kutcher Beats CNN in Twitter Contest

By: thesmallbiznest

thesmallbiznest — Thu, 28 May 2009 16:41:35 +0000

I can’t think of anyone less relevant than Ashton Kutcher. Except, maybe, Larry King.

By: Twitter and the celebrity effect « Andi Narvaez - Down and Across

Twitter and the celebrity effect « Andi Narvaez - Down and Across — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 03:54:09 +0000

[...] Twitter – it help traffic grow and might finally lead to a profitable business model. My only beef (and I’m not alone) is the Kutcher stunt is will take credit for Twitter reaching this new milestone. Not the fact [...]

By: gfsnell3

gfsnell3 — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 17:24:12 +0000

Hi Andi:
Great insights. I hadn’t heard about the fake accounts being created to follow Ashton, but its not surprising. I also thought it was a cynical to offer the mosquito nets to Africa – and at least one blogger thinks offers like this are more harmful than helpful:

http://tinyurl.com/djl4aa

By: andinarvaez

andinarvaez — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 16:37:45 +0000

I agree. I don’t have anything against any of the people involved in this whole mess – because when EA Games jumped in to offer Kutcher’s 1,000,000th follower to be in the next EA Game, and when Kutcher offered to donate nets to the foundation to fight Malaria in Africa, and when Larry King joined Twitter, and when people started creating fake Twitter accounts to follow Kutcher… etc, etc… that’s EXACTLY what this became… a sloppy mess – I too believe that this stunt isn’t a win for social media, or Twitter, at all. In fact, it’s an example of someone abusing the sphere by not contributing to the conversations that are taking place but rather using it selfishly and with no end to his means.

The fact that Oprah is making a big deal out of this mess – now that’s just upsetting. She should know better than to encourage this meaningless buzz.