I think what makes my experience a little bit different is that many of my real-life friends and family use twitter. And most of them use it fairly regularly, m

I think what makes my experience a little bit different is that many of my real-life friends and family use twitter. And most of them use it fairly regularly, much more so than Facebook. It actually makes me feel closer to them (as close as "status updates" can make you). Coincidentally I don't follow any mainstream celebrities. But I do follow several prominent figures in technology.