I'll be honest, I don't like twitter, and if it wasn't for this class I would have never created an account. I just do not see the appeal of following the every day activities of celebrities and high profile people. Even after being on the account for a few days I never checked it, and I could only find 8 people worthy enough of me even following (the bulk of them being athletes and Jets players). I made a vow to my dad that I would never go on this site, but of course I had to break that for the benefit of my grade, sorry dad.
But I do have to admit that it is pretty cool to see how other athletes and famous people interact with each other on a regular basis, because without twitter I don't think they would "talk" as much. For example, I am following Chad Ochocinco because I think he is a riot and a really entertaining guy, and on his home page are tweets between him and another NFL star Shawn Merriman engaging in some competitive banter. This is kind of entertaining because you don't rarely see to high profile NFL players communicating off of the football field.
However, Twitter is a very good way for these celebrities to market themselves and their other blogs, websites, tv shows, or whatever else they are involved in. The only other aspect about Twitter that I appreciate is how sports shows incorporate the athletes tweets into their productions. At times the athletes do have some insightful things to say about their respective sport.
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