Updated on 17 November 2009
by Channel 4 News
Avid tweeter Stephen Fry leads the speaker line-up at the first 140 Character Twitter conference in the UK.
Fry, who has almost 1 million twitter followers, will take to the stage at the conference, being held at the O2 Indigo in London, from 9.30am. On the agenda is anything from business, life, communications and twitter itself.
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Jeffrey Pulver, a co founder of the telecom company vonage and early investor in twitter, said: “At the #140conf events, we look at twitter as a platform and as a language we speak. Discussions will be on the effects of twitter on topics ranging from public safety to public diplomacy.”
Two-day versions of the conference have already taken place in Los Angeles and new York. London’s event will feature over 50 speakers in 35 sessions between 9am and 6pm.
Earlier this month, Stephen Fry indicated he might leave the micro-blogging site after being branded “boring” by another user. He later changed his mind.
The actor and writer wrote: “Think I may have to give up on Twitter. Too much aggression and unkindness around.”
Another tweeter said he “admired and adored” Fry but found his tweets “a bit… boring… (sorry Stephen)”.
Fry replied: “You’ve convinced me. I’m obviously not good enough. I retire from Twitter henceforward. Bye everyone.”
He later wrote: “Well maybe I’ll see how I feel in a few days.”
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