Those of you who follow me on Twitter will know this already, but for the rest of you, you might want to sit down because what I’m about to tell you WILL BLOW YOUR MIND!
For decades people have speculated that if anyone had to pass 999 followers on Twitter, it might cause a similar scenario that was predicted when the year 2000 approached ie. a complete technological meltdown.
Well, I am simultaneously proud and relieved to tell you that as of 18h16 yesterday (UTC/GMT +2) I reached exactly 1000 followers on Twitter and from what I can tell, technology everywhere is FINE.
By my estimate, I now have the most Twitter followers of anyone in the world.
Not even big name celebrities like Tina Yothers (“Family Tiesâ€, 340 followers), Andrew Rubin (“Police Academy†479 followers) or Rodney Dangerfield (“Rusty: A Dog’s Taleâ€, dead) can boast as many followers as ME, your Tiger pal.
But at the same time, reaching this new high in online super-stardom has made me pause, become emotional and think really hard about the people who follow me.
Who are you?
Who are you people and why are you following me?
Do you think I have all the answers? That because I’ve reached the absolute pinnacle of online influence and success that I’m some kind of messiah? Some kind of prophet put on earth to guide you, protect you and give your life meaning and direction?
I didn’t ever think I could be a person like that. But winning at Twitter has changed me in ways I don’t even know yet. So yeah, all I want to say is that if you want to I dunno, make some kind of religion out of me or something, I’m ok with that.
But if you don’t mind just holding back until I’m back from Thailand (remember that prize I won? Turns out it was for anywhere in the world so yeah, we’re leaving for Thailand on Monday, wa-hoo!), that would be great.
I mean sure, work a bit on the basic principles of the religion (there is plenty of material on the site to help you with this) and maybe sketch out a few ground rules, but please don’t get into the part where you hand over vast amounts of money / material possessions / your firstborn until I’m back, ok?
Ok. Great. I’m glad we had this chat.
See you crazy cats when I’m back yo!
Amen.
-ST
