On a recent episode of Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy and Kevin Rose (creator of Digg.com and guest of the show) decided to run an experiment to create a “Twitter Rockstar”. The idea was simple: they pick an audience member, send a “tweet” out to all of their followers linking to this audience member’s Twitter account, and announce it on TV.
Their purpose was to take an unknown and unfollowed Twitter user and expose him to millions of people with the intent of creating thousands of followers for him and increasing his popularity instantly. It worked, as he received over 10,000 followers before the show even aired.
Today, he sits at about 33,000 followers. The question is, how long did his “15 minutes of fame” really last? Let’s take a look at the conversations.
Isa
March 29, 2009
Would fall off be as quick, if user handled his leap to fame differently? A longer study with some expert guidance on using new found fame would have made for a much better presentation. The fact that this addition to the experiment did not happen leads me to believe there are very few if any “experts” out there. Or should I say, a leap to fame “Provides no guarantees”.