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Without fans, there would be no celebrities. Without celebrities, there would still be fans, looking for someone who can give their life meaning. We personally think it’s kind of like organized religion sad that these people have so little self-esteem that possible contact with a celebrity is something to live for.

Back in the PT (pre-twitter) days in the earlier part of this century, stalking a celebrity took a lot of work. A fan would write letters, and pray for the post office to bring a reply.  A serious fanatic would hang out on the street outside their studio, their house, or favorite restaurant, in the hopes of getting a glimpse. When their favored celebrity was sighted, they rushed in for a touch of the hand, a quick word, a smile; any acknowledgement, no matter how small, was treasured.

Now, with twitter, these same fanatics can get up-close-and-personal. Or so it would seem. Celebrities on twitter reveal a little bit of their world, and it’s pushed straight into their twitter account. They get to, via a retweet, repeat what they heard, as if it was spoken directly to them.

But do the celebrities notice them?

At a rate of (estimating) 50 per minute, tweeps are tweeting @aplusk. Oprah’s fans are more laid-back, tweeting her only about 50 times per hour. Virtually every popular celebrity on twitter, from @iamdiddy to @RyanSeacrest is being tweeted hundreds, or even thousands, of times a day. There’s no way they can respond to all of those tweets. Or even read a fraction of them.

What do they do, instead? Reply to one or two. That just feeds the frenzy, which keeps each of these tweeps holding their breath, hoping they will be next.

You wanna know what we think is awesome? There’s a new tv show in the works, based on twitter.

The San Francisco-based web phenom has partnered with Reveille and Brillstein Entertainment to develop an unscripted TV skein described as “putting ordinary people on the trail of celebrities in a revolutionary competitive format.”

This has caused an uproar in the Hollywood twitter community. Celebrities use twitter to market their brand, and use their fans to push their personal agenda. Now, the tables will turn, as fans start using celebrities for their own personal gain.

We are giddy with anticipation. Yes, it will probably suck, like most reality shows. However, if enough celebs get pissed off about this show, they may just leave twitter altogether. What a shame.

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