Isn't she pretty? That ship called Dignity

[venta]

Twitter is a strange beast.

I noticed earlier that a user I'd never heard of had re-tweeted a throwaway remark I made (in the guise of Pintwatch) to leathellin. Who is this aboutdignity, I wondered.

It turns out that it's an account which appears to re-tweet any remark anyone makes which contains the word "dignity". Even more strangely, it has 1500 followers.

Is this an isolated oddity, or are these aggregating accounts common things ? Would following it tell me something deep and meaningful about life, dignity, and the human condition ? It seems rather unlikely, to me, since pattern-matching on text has rarely produced much that's hugely insightful. Except by accident.

Do people follow in the hopes of serendipitous wisdom from the masses ?

Comments

[rabbit1080.livejournal.com]

How odd.

Personally I prefer to listen to Big Ben on twitter (I don't follow it, I just wander by for a listen occasionally)
http://twitter.com/big_ben_CLOCK

[valkyriekaren.livejournal.com]

Does the capitalisation of 'CLOCK' indicate that there is perhaps another twit with a very similar name?

[venta.livejournal.com]

I think twitter names are case-insensitive, so it's just indicative of some odd capitalisation on rabbit1080's part.

[rabbit1080.livejournal.com]

Oddly, google found it with the over-enthusiastic capitalisation. I didn't fix it before posting :)

I like the London Stone. Quite whimsical.

[venta.livejournal.com]

I do like Big Ben :)

I also follow The London Stone (http://twitter.com/Thelondonstone), a big lump of rock in Cannon Street which has to stay in The City to keep London safe. It's a little more communicative than Big Ben.

[hmmm-tea.livejournal.com]

I follow big ben.

It's actually quite useful having the hourly post when you're catching up with twitter to give you an idea of how far back you're going.