Suzie Shooter

So Caitlin Moran posted this article earlier which is quite interesting (for a given definition of interesting that translates as 'mostly pointless' anyway). It's about the top Twitter accounts, ranked by ~influence rather than follower numbers. Doesn't actually specify what 'influence' means, guess it's a combination of retweets, favourites and interactions?

It's British tweeters only, (would be interesting to see worldwide trends) but 1D are holding the top five spots, heh.

Amused that Eleanor's higher than members of The Wanted, and that Harry's mum's more influential than Russell Brand.

Surprised that Neil Gaiman and Cher Lloyd are level pegging (also with Nigel Farage, LOL). Also that Frankie Cocozza is higher than Jonathan Ross. And that Charlie Brooker's all the way down at 121 (I guess he doesn't tweet much these days, but then neither does Zayn and he's 5th...)

Hmmn, Piers Morgan 8th and Jeremy Clarkson 38th, there's an argument that's not going away any time soon *sniggers*

So it turns out the feeling of impending collapse at work wasn't just me being hungry and over-worked, but actually ill, and I've been off sick for the last two days with the shivery aches. Lovely. At least the cats appreciate me being in bed.

Anyway, random link time - Mark Gatiss just retweeted this: On 1970s Twitter, Doctor Who fans react to rumours of the 10th anniversary If I'm honest, the thing that made me laugh most was the 'Who to follow' section...

Oh, and a fic rec - Plausible Deniability - a crossover between Good Omens and Ben Aaronovitch's Rivers of London series.

~ Simon Cowell, talking about One Direction.

This may well be relevent to the interests of bellap74 and honeyfitz:

Aiden went on to say that he’d been comforted by fellow competitor Matt Cardle and hoped that he would continue in the music business. “Last night I had a bit of a sob with Matt, but I'll get over it,” he said.
(From here.)

Also, you know you've been slashing too much when you read the tweet: "Tabloids making up silly rumours about harry styles and louis tomlinson" and it takes you a good few seconds to work out that this probably refers to the stories about them being bollocked for sneaking girls into the studio, and not something more - er - interesting XD

( Well, when Louis' retweeting things like this... )