Twitter Is Less Exclusive Than a Fan Club

LeBron James has 53 million followers. In 1957, I carried an Everly Brothers card.

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LeBron James had a bit of news to share with his Twitter followers one Wednesday morning not long ago: He had awakened for the day. And just like that, all over the world, some 53 million people received the update.

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