When I went to the Kickstarter info-session two weeks ago, a suggestion for one of the rewards offered to potential backers was a voice-mail thank you if the project was successful.
Who would want something like that, from someone like me? thought I, cynic that I am. I shrugged it off in disbelief, though a seed was planted.
Hearing that people have hundreds of thousands of followers--celebs, yes, but plebeians?--I was tooling around Twitter, which, to confess, is still a mystery to me (A daily dose of Anita Giraldo's Steel Ice & Stone? Gimme a break!), when my fingers tapped out the name of the king of all folk heroes: Charlie Sheen.
He has over 9 million followers! Good for him. What I find far more interesting is that he has a mere 1500 tweets. I'm not a particularly curious sort to scroll down to see the history, but seeing his posting pattern, he can go for a week--some times more--without a word.
Anyway, what caught my eye a week or so ago was the still-fresh post saying that Charlie himself would call your mom and wish her a happy Mother's Day. Shucks, I'd wish I known, since my mother has been getting daily doses of Charlie in the NY Post since his meltdown two years ago and she would have loved to hear from him.
Who would want something like that, from someone like me? thought I, cynic that I am. I shrugged it off in disbelief, though a seed was planted.
Hearing that people have hundreds of thousands of followers--celebs, yes, but plebeians?--I was tooling around Twitter, which, to confess, is still a mystery to me (A daily dose of Anita Giraldo's Steel Ice & Stone? Gimme a break!), when my fingers tapped out the name of the king of all folk heroes: Charlie Sheen.
He has over 9 million followers! Good for him. What I find far more interesting is that he has a mere 1500 tweets. I'm not a particularly curious sort to scroll down to see the history, but seeing his posting pattern, he can go for a week--some times more--without a word.
Anyway, what caught my eye a week or so ago was the still-fresh post saying that Charlie himself would call your mom and wish her a happy Mother's Day. Shucks, I'd wish I known, since my mother has been getting daily doses of Charlie in the NY Post since his meltdown two years ago and she would have loved to hear from him.
I clicked the link directing me to his message (bit.ly/11W4TcD ) and it dropped me on to an entire site dedicated to this activity, with all kinds of celebrities--not just Charlie. Click on the picture of your heart-throb (there aren't as many as you would think), and you're transported to a fan-page with a paragraph studded with pull-down menus to fill in the blanks. The blanks allow you to personalize the message of your choice, and, with a payment of just $ 3.99, Charlie will talk to your mom, wish a loved one a happy birthday, or even urge your coworker into rehab (chortle!).
Now this is a racket!
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