Russell Brand, my fellow Guardian columnist (ho ho), has just been signed up to Twitter by his friend Jonathan Ross (@wossy), who posted a Twitpic of him with Mrs Ross (Jane Goldman) to prove it. His first micropost:
i have come to join you pleas be gentle with me as ive been feeling vulnerable... yet implausibly, sexy
In Twitter, interesting people are "followed" so to some extent you can be judged by how many followers you have. In which case, Russell must be considered a hit. His @rustyrockets handle went past 2,000 followers in about 20 minutes, is already over 3,000, and still climbing fast.
Jonathan Ross is stuck on 13,933 followers, which is clearly a Twitter error. I think the real number is over 15,000. Still, Russell looks like hitting 30,000 or so within the month, and might even challenge Stephen Fry, who is currently on 63,634.
But that might depend on him coming back and saying something interesting...
Update: I notice @DrewB has beaten me to the punch with Russell Brand aka RustyRockets reinvents Twitter!
