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OK so I just witnessed something a bit weird – the opening up and first postings of what will soon become one of the highest profile Twitter accounts.

It’s great that @Wossy (Jonathan Ross) and @stephenfry (Stephen Fry) and even @bobbyllew (Robert Llewellyn) are on Twitter but now that @rustyrockets (Russell Brand) has joined the BritTwit fellowship – things are going to go mental.

Russell Brand
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I watched Jonathan Ross post at around 10.25pm “russell now has proper twitter account ! Would you like his name ?” which was quickly followed by “@rustyrockets” three minutes later.

Between that moment, which was quickly followed by this post from @rustyrockets “i have come to join you pleas be gentle with me as ive been feeling vulnerable… yet implausibly, sexy” and now – he went from 0 to 1700 followers.

It seems to have settled down a little bit now but at one point – a refresh every second saw an extra 20 or 30 followers.

There’s even a TwitPic from @Wossy – I guess Russell was at his house. Oh and “Hello Daily Mail Hack searching for Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand in the hope of finding another pointless story”.

Of course this comment from @Wossy might mean a limited number of posts from @rustyrockets “my kids just told russell that twitter is for oldies. he is cursing me now.”

But somehow I doubt that would have an effect – although interestingly not long before that @bobbyllew was talking about his daughter describing Twitter as being like “MSN for old people”.

Is Twitter really for old people? OK so I’m now in my late twenties – so what are the, oh god I can’t believe I’m about to post this but, what ARE the kids using nowadays?

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