Not only do so-called "celebrities" get closer to us that way - the ones that are REALLY down to earth get even closer, by responding to their fans. Answering their questions, responding about criticisms, jokes, or anything else really. I'd like to present one example why I love Twitter, and the general connectivity the "Web 2.0" offers: Ladies and Gentlemen, Jake Adelstein. He's (quoting himself) the "author of Tokyo Vice, investigative journalist, Polaris Project Japan board member [and] semi-paladin". I strongly advice you to visit his blog. Also I'd like to tell a short story about how I learned about him and his book.
It first began last summer (I think), when I read this article about the game Yakuza 3 being reviewed by real Yakuza. Jake sat down with some of his Yakuza friends and convinced them to play it. In the article, his excellent book was also mentioned. So I got it for Christmas and read it cover to cover in a few days - it's that amazing. If you're even slightly interested in either Japan, the Yakuza, criminals or detective and police work, you should get it. It's available in several languages, so there's no excuse really.
Not shortly after reading the book, I followed Jake's Twitter account. He's tweeting regularly about his work, philosophy, or just mundane things going on in his life. Like going to McDonald's at 3AM or wearing Hello Kitty pajamas. He's also regularly responding to Tweets by other users. And that's what I find so miraculous. Nowhere else besides on Twitter can you "meet" a favorite author of yours and casually chat with him, encourage him on writing his newest book or.. anything really.
skuldomg: @jakeadelstein Writing your new one at the moment?
jakeadelstein: @skuldomg Yes. It requires a lot of research. Tokyo Vice took more than three years to write and it was my own life.
(...)
skuldomg: Wise words, as always. RT @jakeadelstein: There are no tiny dreams, just tiny bikinis.
jakeadelstein: @skuldomg I thought that was actually pretty funny. Thank you.
Sometimes, I love the Internet.
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