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We Read Twitter So You Don't Have To
Kevin Rose's cold tweeting in your face

By Paul Boutin, 1:40 PM on Wed Nov 12 2008, 2,013 views (Edit, to draft, un-top, Slurp)

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Digg poster boy Kevin Rose is so hot that 726 people have already subscribed to a Twitter stream on which Rose pretends to be a head cold. For context, New York Times reporter Matt Richtel has 819 followers to the novel he's posting as tweets. Note to self: Become a celebrity first, then take up writing.

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