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Rewarding some Johnny-come-lately for being 10Kth, while consigning the 9999 who had the taste and good sense to follow you first sounds like a shallow, self-serving exercise in the manipulative use of a social media outlet long-derided by El Reg and your denizens. To which the only possible response is "Huzzah!" and "capture the moment in Playmobil, please!"
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At least you don't get ridiculed with stupid apps, stupid pointless photos and stupid 'i took a poo' status updates like Facebook. There is some sense of creativity and point to Twitter with the hashtags and what not.
Anyway, your chance to create an adult social network spanners. Let me know when it launches. Have a nuke while you're at it. Cheers.
So what's the guessing follower #10,000 was a pornbot with a name like @FloozyX43532? Twitter has its uses (a lot of companies' accounts are run by their PR departments and they sometimes actually listen if you have a complaint) but it does take a bit of time to clear out spammers and people who follow you just because you once posted something that matches a keyword they were looking for at the time.
I remember when CB radio arrived, but I can't ever remember a time before the idiots got hold of it, sadly.
The comments on ElReg are by and large better informed and more intellectually engaged than many other communication streams that are available, they are still just people lobbing statements at each other over the internet.
"Given the general nature of our beloved readerbase, there are those in the office who now confidently anticipate our follower total hanging paralysed for months at 9,998 - but we're sure these curmudgeons have misjudged you all."
<cough> because none of those curmudgeons figured that someone would have had the nous to create two Twitter accounts. Either not so bright, or massively underestimate the average Reg reader..
I've already had my name splashed on El Reg and it was a fleeting moment of well...not a lot actually. On the internet everyone is famous (or infamous) for a moment if you post long and hard enough. It did not accrue me any financial gains nor a following.
There are 7 billion people on the planet. Do you really think you make one iota of a difference? You'll be forgotten at the next page click.
/Miserable old git mode off.
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