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Stephen Fry becomes 2nd most followed person on Twitter

February 3rd, 2009 by Wendy McAuliffe

It’s official - British comedian/presenter Stephen Fry has become the second most followed person on Twitter. With over 106,000 followers, his only rival is Barack Obama.

In fact as I’m writing this post, Fry is Tweeting live from a talk that he’s giving at the Apple store on London’s Regent Street. He leaked news of the event last week through his Twitter account, and tonight his webmaster Andrew Sampson is Tweeting on his behalf. It’s proving a genius way of sharing soundbites from his talk in a genuinely interesting and engaging way - particularly for people like me who’d prefer to stay in the warm tonight!

I personally love the way in which Fry uses Twitter - he doesn’t spam his followers, but instead offers insightful titbits of information about his travels, filming etc, along with honest reflections on his daily life. From a PR standpoint, his tone is genuine and authentic, and as a result his use of Twitter has done much to enhance his public profile.

If you’re not following Fry already, I’d suggest you do!

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