Kevin Durant
OKC Thunder überstar
Number of followers: 2.28 million
Did you know Durant follows: Entertainers, basketballers, models, celebrities.
Follow him or forget it: Follow.
You’ll have to wade through some serious jargon, Twitterspeak and inside jokes, but let’s face it: You love Kevin Durant, and you’ll put up with it because he can really play some hoop, and he plays for the Thunder. Admit it. You can’t get enough KD. You’re not made of stone. You’re human.
Mary Fallin
Number of followers: 4,835
Did you know Gov. Fallin follows: Hey, it’s understandable that Fallin’s Twitter feed is all business, but really, does it have to be all business? Only a handful of the 200-plus she follows are personal in any way. Live a little, gov. Show some personality behind the wild-and-crazy Oklahoma Bioscience Association posts.
Follow her or forget it: Follow.
If you’re one of those people who only follows the Dos Equis guy, jokes and sports news, you’d be good to consider adding Fallin. She doesn’t post often, however, and when she does, it’s usually “Great to see,” or “Great to talk with,” or even “Great to visit,” posts that smack of PR more than candor.
Blake Shelton
Country music singer from Tishomingo
Number of followers: 1.7 million
Did you know Blake follows: A Grand Ole Opry-sized crowd of folks, most of whom are associated with The Voice, country music or other entertainment types. A diverse lot? Nah, probably not. But Shelton also follows Redbook magazine, Jerry Seinfeld and, yes, even Jesus Christ — er, @Jesus.
Follow him or forget it: Follow.
While Shelton doesn’t shy from dropping a few choice cusswords, his posts differ from those of most celebrities. Heck, he seems normal. Yeah, he shills for his show, but he also posts about folding laundry, being drunk and watching TV.
Chris Harrison
Former OKC TV sports reporter; host of TV’s The Bachelor and The Bachelorette
Number of followers: 142,288
Did you know Chris follows: Harrison, who spent six years in the Oklahoma City market, chiefly follows actors, designers and Hollywood hotshots. Why mess with Al Eschbach when you can keep up with Jake Pavelka, star of The Bachelorette 5 and The Bachelor 14?
Follow him or forget it: Forget it.
If you love Us Weekly and celebrity gossip, you can be one of the 120k who have their timeline choked with insightful posts like “Clooney is the man.”
Dan Gordon
Jeweler in Oklahoma City
Number of followers: 7,100
Did you know Dan follows: A
good number of Hollywood types and such OKC notables as Wes Welker and
KOCO-TV Channel 5 anchor Paul Folger. His follow list is diverse,
meaning he either has lots of interests or wants you to think he does.
Follow him or forget it: Follow.
A
prolific tweeter with more than 97,000 posts, Gordon doesn’t hold back
what’s on his mind. However, while Gordon could certainly spam followers
spitting venom at B.C. Clark, he actually has plenty to say about a lot
of different issues beyond cut, color, clarity and carat.
Jesse Jane
Adult film star from Moore
Number of followers: 177,676
Did you know Jesse follows: More than 2,900 folks. While you might think most of them would be colleagues from such films of hers as Deeper 3 and Devon: Erotique (which
we bet has nothing to do with the energy company, although a tower
might still be involved), she follows ESPN football guru Mel Kiper Jr.,
some Thunder basketballers and High Times magazine. If you’re looking for more porn stars to follow, however, she has those on her list, too.
Follow her or forget it: Follow.
If
only for the fact that you never know what you might see, hear or get a
link to, Jane is worth a “follow” click. Just make sure to look over
your shoulder if you do your Twitter browsing during working hours.
Tom Coburn
U.S. Senator from Muskogee
Number of followers: 41,395.
Coincidentally, that’s also the exact number of times Coburn has
proclaimed to “fight wasteful Washington spending” per year.
Did you know Tom follows: A
number of senators and other politicos who reference religion in their
bios. He also follows a lot of folks who describe themselves as — drum
roll — conservative and“defenders of the constitution.” You could also
describe Coburn’s follow list as conservative. He follows less than 150
people.
Follow him or forget it: Push.
Coburn’s
posts, followers and timeline adhere to a strict viewpoint, so if
that’s your thing, go for it. Good chance you’re not going to see much
from Planned Parenthood here, but you already knew that, right?
Jim Traber
WWLS radio personality
Number of followers: 8,886,
although more than 3,000 of them are disagreeable “yardbirds.” Likely
the number of followers spikes on “Be Happy Friday.”
Did you know Jim follows: “The Ultimate” clearly doesn’t value the Twitter world’s opinion. He follows just 60 people, a number of them other WWLS folks.
Follow him or forget it: Follow.
Traber
uses his 140 characters as weapons and approaches Twitter as his own
personal cage match. Traber doesn’t hold grudges on his Twitter feed, he
chokes them to death. Great stuff if you’re
interested in reading about crybaby Seattle fans, a cheesecloth for your
Thanksgiving Day turkey, Steelers football or just want to give your
pulse rate a jolt.
Nick Collison
OKC Thunder basketball player
Number of follower: 80,083. Pretty tame considering he’s an NBA player. Then again, Collison isn’t pandering in his feed for more followers.
Did you know Nick follows: OKC
footballer Wes Welker, a number of comic types including Jason Segel
and Louis C.K. Of course, he follows lots of NBA players, but he must
also be a voracious reader, since he follows a number of sportswriters.
Follow him or forget it? Follow.
Collison
isn’t a prolific tweeter, so he doesn’t send out loads of drivel. His
feed isn’t overrun with braggadocio or a bunch of Twitterspeak that most
don’t understand: a rarity for an NBA player.
Kristin Chenoweth
Broken Arrow-born singer, actress
Number of followers: 585,096
Did you know Kristin follows: 452
people, including Dolly Parton, Shaquille O’Neal, Kanye West, Sarah
Palin, a handful of “Kristin Chenoweth fan” accounts and Barack Obama.
Follow her or forget it?: Forget it.
Short, choppy posts don’t really offer much insight or commentary. But she’s from Oklahoma and she’s really famous.
David Payne
KFOR morning meteorologist
Number of followers: 7,352
Did you know David follows: More
than 360 accounts. Apparently, Payne is a renaissance man on Twitter,
following trendy OKC restaurants, personalities and even the Audubon
Society.
Follow him or forget it: Follow.
As
far as weather guys go in OKC, Payne is at the top. Watch him and you
get more than the wind speed and knowing how Weatherford is about to get
hit by a twister again. Instead, you get the feeling you’re hearing a
really good inside joke. Now, his Twitter posts are about 98 percent
weatherrelated, but he does reveal some personality and isn’t always in
character, which can’t be said for many other TV newspeople.
Ree Drummond
Author, cook, TV personality
Number of followers: 311,244
Did you know Ree follows: A healthy diet of food experts, regular folk, photographers and indigenous Oklahoma accounts like the Red Dirt Chronicles.
Follow her or forget it: Follow.
Drummond
gets it, simple as that, from her Twitter bio (where she sums up her
existence as “Lover of Butter. Amen”) to her pictures of amazing food
creations. But Ree does more than just advertise her own cooking
exploits. She is funny, insightful and poignant, even suggesting she
loves REO Speedwagon. C’mon, that’s what Twitter is all about.
