Twitter is a very popular social network application used by millions of people worldwide.
Even celebrities are known to use this platform to connect with their fans and friends around the world.
Twitter offers several features like the follow me tag which makes it easy for celebrities to use so that their fans know what they are up to.
Some of the most popular people who get followed on Twitter by anyone and everyone are the celebrities.
Some of the popular celebrities who use Twitter are Lindsay Lohan and Samantha Ronson.
Even before journalists get their juicy bites about this couple, people get to know about them on Twitter.
Ashton Kutcher also uses Twitter and was also quoted saying that all filters between celebrities and their fans are removed.
He has around a million followers.
Stephen Fry happens to be the biggest United Kingdom-based celebrity to use Twitter.
He even informed his fans through his Tweets when he got stuck in a lift on the twenty-sixth floor of a building.
Britney Spears uses it and has tens of thousands of follower on it.
Lance Armstrong who is fighting testicular cancer also uses it and all his fans get the latest news updates about him through his Tweets.
Shaquille O'Neal is another such celebrity who uses the program and so does John Cleese, the British actor from the famous Monty Python movies.
There are several advantages of celebrities using Twitter.
One is that the need for journalists who keep giving out manipulated information to their fans forever is removed.
If a celebrity wants to disclose certain personal or professional information to their fans, they can do so directly.
They can also personally clarify their fans' doubts.
Now fans and the celebrities have a platform where they can meet directly instead of gossip magazines.