Comments on: Twitter is the New Real Estate Frenzy

By: LosAngeles

LosAngeles — Tue, 20 May 2008 05:32:00 +0000

Assuming either the Left Wing or the Right Wing gained control of the country, it would probably fly around in circles.

By: Arjun

Arjun — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 05:11:32 +0000

Was it an idea of “belated” April fool’s day….well can’t think of any thing else…like you said…can’t buy Love!!!

By: Vincent Nicolai

Vincent Nicolai — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 17:37:27 +0000

what about selling you facebook acc?

i added the post to http://www.tectrnd.com

cheers

vincent

By: Tamar Weinberg

Tamar Weinberg — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 14:28:41 +0000

Yeah, completely pointless. I’m picky about who I follow on Twitter, and if they stop adding value to my feed, I will unfriend them without hesitation. Too bad I don’t follow andrewbaron or I would have already. Boasting current numbers doesn’t mean that they’ll stay that way. I think it would be ironic if Twitter killed the account (or better yet, at least removed all his followers).

I can’t believe that auction is at $1125 right now. I think most of us could have offered social media consulting on how to rightfully engage the community in less than half that amount with a lot more value.

Some people are suckers for easy returns. Too bad that it won’t stick unless they invest in the community.

By: Chris Heuer

Chris Heuer — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 05:23:48 +0000

My point exactly. You can sell the account, you can sell the audience, but you cant sell the connections to the people or the purpose for why anyone was following Andrew.

From a practical point of view, its an interesting way to get a jump start on becoming Twitterati, but if anyone is worth following, they will find their followers on their own.

Then again, whoever buys it will get some instant notoriety for having bought it. IMHO its just a side show and an attention grabber that raises some interesting ethical issues for us to banter about. That said, there have already been some really great posts dissecting this issue from very interesting perspectives. So while I dont have time to dive in, I am enjoying the insights from all these smart folks out here…

By: Andrew Baron

Andrew Baron — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 05:17:59 +0000

Hey Brian, nice post.

After your last sentense in you post you state:

“Connect with me on Twitter, Jaiku, LinkedIn, Pownce, Plaxo, FriendFeed, or Facebook.”….and your blog here.

Maybe Twitter is not exactly a social network, but more of a microblog? Something that you put advertisements on and would likely? sell if the price was high enough?

Its all very interesting to consider now as we build up our lives around these platforms.

Cheers!
Andrew

BTW, thanks for making your photos CC, we’ve used them on RB several times – great work!

By: William Smith

William Smith — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 05:15:28 +0000

Couldn’t agree more – total BS if he is actually serious about selling his account.

Besides, it isn’t that difficult to get 1,000 followers. Jason Calacanis got like 16k just by offering a free mac book air.