Claude Giroux joins Twitter, all hell breaks loose
by Travis Hughes on Jan 10, 2012 11:35 AM EST
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Philadelphia Flyers forward Claude Giroux, also known as Orange Jesus, joined Twitter yesterday at about 5:45 p.m. I was his 700th and 701st follower (approximately) just a few minutes later. When I checked in about 20 minutes later, he was up to 6,000.
This morning, as of this writing right this second, he has 47,999 followers. In 17 hours!
Let's briefly think about that. The New York Islanders -- yes, the actual hockey team -- has 30,385 followers. They've been on Twitter since October 2008. The Florida Panthers, on Twitter since April 2009, have 29,307 followers.
He's hopped over Matt Carle and Dan Carcillo with relative ease. And yeah, at this rate, he's going to pass Mike Richards within about the next 40 seconds. For the record, Giroux has tweeted three times.
Claude Giroux is sort of the man. Let's just hope he tweets as well as he chirps on the ice, because his teammates are already virtually giving him plenty of shit.
#frenglish
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Isn’t Tim Tebow orange Jesus?
"Can I refill your eggnog for you? Get you something to eat? Drive you out to the middle of nowhere and leave you for dead?"
by PraiseMartyMoose on Jan 10, 2012 11:50 AM EST reply actions
Not around these here parts.
"I wouldn’t run if there was a fire. I wouldn’t run anywhere. I hate running." - O. Munn
I think that depends on who you ask. ;)
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IT'S TEBOW TIME!
On the twitterverse
Ehhh
Most of the team twitter feeds are just run by the PR Department and announce new stories on the official site, there’s really no reason to follow them as they are almost always the last ones to break news anyway
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I strongly disagree. JVR and Carle constantly post personal pictures as does Bryz. No way anyone is posting under Hartnell’s name but himself. The PR dept has their own account they use. I’m sure the players don’t break news stories because they aren’t allowed and no one is following them for news. I follow to get a sense of what they are really like off ice and from what I see the group that has been Tweeting the most is a lot of fun. These guys have been breaking balls for months and its only gotten better since Hartsy joined.
by lava96 on Jan 10, 2012 1:58 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Ignore me...
I just realized you were most likely commenting on why the actual team’s followers are low. I’m an idiot today. Sorry…I agree with what you said.
by lava96 on Jan 10, 2012 2:00 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
A lot of them are the first to break team news.
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by Travis Hughes on Jan 10, 2012 2:05 PM EST up reply actions
I’m semi tempted to join twitter just to follow these guys. I certainly wouldn’t have anything interesting to say myself.
Lightning strikes once, Hextall strikes twice!
"I think there is virtue in pissing off idiots." - Fehr and Balanced
Pretty much the exact reason why I have it. That or ask EricT questions.
by hebrew hammer on Jan 10, 2012 1:41 PM EST up reply actions
Yeah, I originally joined to tweet something funny to Down Goes Brown and just got sucked into it all.
Madly in love with Jaromir Jagr's brilliant smile and epic goal salute.
Matt Read for Calder!
Jeff Skinner, at 6 years old, is the youngest player in the NHL.
Ian Laperriere (EE-an luh-PAIR-ee-YAIR), proper noun. Definition: Bad-assery on skates
I just feel bad for the people I know in real life who follow me because they end up seeing only hockey related stuff.
by hebrew hammer on Jan 10, 2012 3:12 PM EST up reply actions
Yeah, me too.
Madly in love with Jaromir Jagr's brilliant smile and epic goal salute.
Matt Read for Calder!
Jeff Skinner, at 6 years old, is the youngest player in the NHL.
Ian Laperriere (EE-an luh-PAIR-ee-YAIR), proper noun. Definition: Bad-assery on skates
Either hockey or Merlin
Bob.
by The Dark on Jan 11, 2012 1:18 PM EST via Android app up reply actions
Same. Twitter id for athletes and celebrities, Facebook is for everybody else IMO.
Bryz has low self esteem
Awaiting the return of the G-stache
You can follow them using an RSS feeder, no need for a Twitter account if you don’t want.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Jan 10, 2012 5:24 PM EST up reply actions
You’re very welcome. It’s how I got around it for months.
Then I realized I had too much fun hijacking the BSH account and I should probably not piss people off under Travis’ name. Little did I know, he’d do that himself shortly.
Man-crushin' on Boucher since 1999 and Matt Calvert since May 2010
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by Geoff Detweiler on Jan 11, 2012 11:39 AM EST up reply actions
Dude, just cause you’re taller than Travis doesn’t mean you should make fun of his height.
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by KreiderDesigns on Jan 11, 2012 12:54 PM EST up reply actions
I think I was number 10,000 something, and I just checked a minute ago and he’s almost at 50,000. All of this happening in less than a day.
I was somewhere between 31500 and 32000
Bob.
by The Dark on Jan 10, 2012 2:47 PM EST via Android app up reply actions
I’m somewhere in the 1200’s.
Madly in love with Jaromir Jagr's brilliant smile and epic goal salute.
Matt Read for Calder!
Jeff Skinner, at 6 years old, is the youngest player in the NHL.
Ian Laperriere (EE-an luh-PAIR-ee-YAIR), proper noun. Definition: Bad-assery on skates
no clue what number
but, i’m so tweeting him on his b-day. cause it’s mine too!!
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More importantly, I also made a twitter account just to follow hockey players (don’t want to go all hockey-crazy on my personal account). I have, however, not managed to maintain the pace of gaining followers that we have seen from Giroux.
Simon Gagne AND Mike Richards may move between towns, wear new jerseys and call different arenas home but, at the end of the day, they will both always be Philadelphia Flyers.
One day Sean Couturier will win the Conn Smythe. You heard it here first.
by PursuitOfLappyness on Jan 10, 2012 6:33 PM EST reply actions
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