2. Topic Twitter’s function for celebrities. Thesis: As long as the micro-blogging site Twitter remains popular among the general public, celebrities will continue to use it for a variety of reasons including but not limited to announcing appearances, self-promotion, connecting with fans, sharing news, and fundraising.
3. Celebs like Twitter because… They can verify on their profiles that that it is indeed their personal profile. This prevents fans from impersonating celebrities and making fake profiles.
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5. Promote themselves: Comedian Chelsea Handler: Twitter allows celebrities to notify fans of upcoming appearances they will be making. An added bonus is that self-promotion on Twitter somehow seems less obnoxious, but rather an encouragement for support.
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7. Raise awareness and money for charity: Actor Ashton Kutcher: Twitter is a great outlet for fundraising. Tweeting messages of encouragement for donations requires little effort on celebs part and at the same time has the potential to easily raise a huge amount of money and support.
