With currently over 105,000 followers British actor/comedian/travel connoisseur/TV presenter Stephen Fry has leaped over thousands of veteran Twitterers to become the second most followed individual on behind President Barack Obama…and the man deserves it.
Not only does he use the service without spamming veraciously to his own content but his tweets are often both interesting and amusing. In addition, the celebrity also attempts to reply to followers when he can giving him a very likable persona on the messaging service.
Twitter also owes him a great deal. In recent weeks Fry has used his public persona to promote Twitter in ways most startups could only fantasize about. The promotion has mainly stemmed from the likes of the BBC website/news channel and popular chat show “Friday Night with Jonathan Ross”.
It was only recently that Fry celebrated his 50,000 follower, yet that number has quickly doubled in a matter of days, leaving him clearly ecstatic. Fry took the time to thank his 100,000th follower Hayley Elliot with a personal message and his now infamous kisses:
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