Tom & Dougie: Twitter kings!
Posted at December 18th, 2009 Under News by Webmiss | No Comments »
MCFLY stars Dougie Poynter and Tom Fletcher have beaten Jonathan Ross in a Twitter war.
McFly bandmates Dougie Poynter and Tom Fletcher are more influential with their Twitter updates than TV presenter and comedian Jonathan Ross.The heartthrobs came fourth and fifth in a list of the most influential UK tweeters by INQ Mobile.
But Dougie and Tom were beaten to the top three spots by Mashable CEO Pete Cashmore, Stephen Fry and Russell Brand.
Their influence was measured by the number of tweets they send, the number of times they re-tweet others’ updates, the number of times that person’s updates have been re-tweeted and the number of times they are referenced in other people’s tweets.
The list was created by identifying the five most popular tweeters across the five different categories, giving each an influence rating out of 100.
The top 20 most influential people on Twitter are:
1. Pete Cashmore, CEO at Mashable (1.8m followers), influence rating of 81.0
2. Stephen Fry, Entertainer (1.1m followers), influence rating of 76.8
3. Russell Brand, Entertainer (0.6m followers), influence rating of 69.1
4. Dougie Poytner, McFly band member (139k followers), influence rating of 64.2
5. Tom Fletcher, McFly band member (175k followers), influence rating 60.6
6. Eddie Izzard, Entertainer (1.3m followers), influence rating of 55.2
7. Zee M Kane, Editor in Chief of The Next Web (21k followers), influence rating of 47.0
8. Jonathan Ross, Entertainer (461k followers), influence rating of 44.8
9. Richard Bacon, DJ and presenter (1.2m followers), influence rating of 43.9
10. Peter Andre, Singer/Celebrity (390k followers), influence rating of 41.4
11. Andy Murray, Sportsman (110k followers), influence rating of 37.9
12. Calvin Harris, Musician (157k followers), influence rating of 35.4
13. Suzi Perry, Gadget show presenter (29k followers), influence rating of 32.0
14. Sarah Brown, PM’s wife (1m followers), influence rating of 31.3
15. Imogen Heap, Musician (1.3m followers), influence rating of 28.6
16. Ian Poulter, Sportsman (877k followers), influence rating of 23.8
17. Tom Watson, MP (6.8k followers), influence rating of 21.8
18. Boris Johnson, Mayor of London (59k followers), influence rating of 20.6
19. Darren Bent, Sportsman (25k followers), influence rating of 20
20.Steven Gerrard, Sportsman (50k followers), influence rating of 19.3
[ok.co.uk]
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Tom’s Car Accident
Posted at December 17th, 2009 Under News by Webmiss | No Comments »
Tom Fletcher was in a car with his parents when it was hit by a taxi late last night. He also Tweeted afterwards saying, “Had a car crash in my parents car. Everyone’s fine. Crazy cab hit us and dad’s lovely Jag saved us all…but it got wrecked in the process.” They all went straight to hospital but the only injuries were some bruises, cuts and a spot of whiplash.(heatworld.com)
