In an effort to raise money for cancer research, Twitter user Drew Olanoff is auctioning off his sought-after "@Drew" Twitter name. An early adopter to Twitter, Drew was able to secure the @Drew username before anyone else had the chance to snag it.
Drew Carey, the host of The Price Is Right, has decided to get in on the action and is willing to bid $100,000 if he can get 100,000 followers by Nov. 9. Right now Carey has close to 35,000 followers on his personal @DrewFromTV account, so we shall see if he meets his goal by next month. Considering that this is for a really great cause — unlike the CNN/Ashton Kutcher Twitter competition — I think we should all head on over to Twitter right now and follow Drew.
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J by Jasper Conran
What I think is completely lost is this is a direct violation of Twitters “Terms of Service” yet they look the other way. If this situation didn’t involve a charity, Twitter would probably decide the guy who has cancer was “squatting” or his account was “inactive” or he was “impersonating” Mr. Carey, throw him under a bus and revoke his account. Next, since Mr. Carey obviously has money, Twitter would add him to their potential clients for a corporate account. It’s all about the money folks.
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