There goes the neighbourhood.....

Twitter has been pimped big time on the Return of Jonathan Ross show, a c 3 day extravaganza of PR hype culminating in his first show after being booted off air for being a bit of a prat Anyway, Twitter was one of his chosen vehicles for personal restitution, and the faithful fans have been hanging on every text as the buildup to the show approached its zenith - for example, as the BBC noted:

Fry, posting on Twitter, the micro-blogging service, said: "JR and I discussed Twitter. Hope it makes the cut. Cruise charming."

Ross used his own Twitter account later, writing: "Hello. That was a fun day and nice to be back. All the guests were so lovely, and funny. Twitter discussed - Tom [Cruise] might sign up!"

And here they are talkin' Twitter on TV.

Anyway, that paled into insignificance compared to the twittergasm actually during the show. The BBC notes that:

...one member of the audience was asked to leave after they were suspected of recording the show.

They have no idea - just read this for a view of The Twittergasm (people with delicate stomachs should look away, there is a dangerous level of psycophancy).

it is illustrative of the mainstreaming of Twitter in the UK that Stephen Fry has more twitter followers than US hyperhypecommunicator Robert Scoble (60,600 vs 50,44). Here, as they say, comes everybody - and there, as they say, goes the neighbourhood .

(One of the discussions at Amplified 09 was whether the current users of Twitter will stand the flood of newbies coming onboard as it mainstreams following celebrity endorsements, or will they go somewhere else)