Celebrities. They’re just better than the rest of us.
Okay, well, maybe that’s not true. But most of us are starstruck, at least a little. I think we all have someone who, if we met them in person, would render us speechless.
If we’re on Twitter the pinnacle of stardom is to become “verified.” That means you’re in the realm of celebrity. I’m not verified – life is unfair.
Since we’re not celebrities, the closest we’ll get to one is to have them follow us on Twitter.
I looked around online because I was curious if any big shots followed me. Sadly there wasn’t a specific web app to do this. I found a workaround with another website, but it was a little tricky to use.
For fun I decided to build my own. FamousFollowers.me.
The site is simple – it scans your Twitter followers and identifies all the famous peeps that follow you. That’s it.
For most of you the report takes just a few seconds to run. Those that have more than 15k followers will have to wait a while longer.
There’s not much more to say other than I thought it would be a nice distraction from our normal non-famous lives.
Enjoy!
Kathleen McCarroll says:
You ARE famous . . . to 3,237 people. How many do you need to be “verified”?
Candess says:
Interesting concept. Not sure if I am behind times when I don’t feel comfortable the app can to all this, such as post tweets for me and access my direct messages. Maybe you can clarify.
This application will be able to:
Read Tweets from your timeline.
See who you follow, and follow new people.
Update your profile.
Post Tweets for you.
Access your direct messages.
Ray says:
Awesome for you. I have a few semi-famous bloggers on my twitter list, but that is about it. Nobody really big. My wife on the other hand, as lucked out and had several stars that she has followed follow her back. She feels awesome about it. I will have to check out your app and see if it picks up any either of us did not notice.
Rachel says:
Thank you for a fun app! My list showed almost only organizations like vodafone as my ‘famous followers’. How does a person get verified?
Jana says:
My Twitter followers are still so few that I can scan them all myself in about 2 minutes. Nope — still nobody famous!
Cindy says:
Lot of smarts in that pognsti!
auto insurance says:
Your answer was just what I needed. It’s made my day!
Karen says:
Sounds like a cool app to check out! I don’t think I have any1 famous following me on twitter, but I do have a few famous one on Facebook that accepted- friend requests 🙂
Karen says:
I tried the app n have OCChoppers and a few others 🙂 sweet
Francene Stanley says:
Haha. So funny. Why do we crave friendship, or at least acknowledgement, from celebrities? When I was a teenager, that’s 50 decades ago although still relevant, my father gave me some good advice before going for an interview. He said, always remember, they’re just people–same as you and me. Even the Queen has to wipe her bottom …
Sophie Bowns says:
That’s quite interesting. I have a few ‘famous’ twitter followers. (Verified accounts)
They include ;
JESUS @thebenforster
Gareth Gates @Gareth_Gates
and Tyger-Drewe Honey @Tyger
😉
Philinda says:
Cool! That’s a clever way of lonokig at it!
Christina says:
You are a genius!! Fun app, will start using when I’m famous lol
Mari Corona says:
Good one 🙂
TheFakeGourmet says:
It felt completely awesome when one of my favorite bloggers/writers followed me back. Still don’t have enough followers to need an app for it, but when I do…buddy, I’ll be all over it!
AlwaysARedhead says:
I have @thebloggess following me; she is famous.
Holly Michael says:
Hey, Francene Stanley commented above. She’s an author from England. A little famous. I know her! And while I’m not verified, my son is @sugarfreejb82. Does that make me a little famous? We have a book contract so maybe I’ll get more famous. Ah…love this famous stuff. I’m going to check out that app.
Pattie says:
Four Famous Followers Follow Me!
Damn! I might be famous. I am on a hunt to get more Famous Followers!
WeShare says:
Will Twitter start charging to enable Direct messages to celebrities ?