QTip v Questlove on Twitter [Celebrity Tweet-Off Round 2]

In a recent post I compared the Twitter habits of Shaquille O'Neal and Lance Armstrong.  Both received high marks for their transparency and embracing of new technology.  In the end I gave a slight edge to Shaq because he's less polished, relatively engaged with other Twitter users and is pretty amusing.

Round two is a hip-hop battle for the social media age.  Q-Tip, the leader of A Tribe Called Quest versus Questlove (according to Wikipedia, also known as BROther, ?uestion, Brother Question and ?uestlove), drummer and producer extraordinaire from The Roots.  Using the same criteria as Shaq v Lance ...

• Q-Tip has 7,568 followers and follows 3,127 [a ratio of 2.5:1]
• Questlove has 9,594 followers and follows 289 [a ratio of 33:1]
• In the week of Jan 18-25, Q-Tip Tweeted 51 times; Questlove ... well I stopped counting at 200 [the man is prolific and was clearly inspired by the inauguration]
• 32 of Questlove's last 60 Tweets have been @replies; versus 18/60 for Q-Tip.

Looking at the stats I have to give the edge to Questlove, mainly for his frequency and relatively high @reply ratio.  Unlike my previous post I'm not going to get into the subjective stuff ... I'll leave that for you to decide. 

But I must say that more often than not I breeze through Q-Tip's Tweets while I try to actually read most of Questlove's.  Below are a few favorites that show a funny, conflicted, self-deprecating man ... not unlike many of us.  As I said in my previous post, I really give both these guys credit for opening themselves up like this ... I suspect their fans truly appreciate it - I certainly do.

 
So who do you think wins this one?  Any other celebs doing it well?

Comments

[Shadii]

I follow both and it works for me

[smn]

sometimes questlove is a little too spamy for my taste. but I totally appreciate him taking the time to talk about his thoughts and feelings. and he's funny as shit..

q-tip's tweets are a little more business oriented most of the time (where he's playing, website stuff..). not that I expect him to share his private life with the world, at least not more than he already does it on his albums, but a little more 'non administrative' stuff would be great.

?ueslove wins this one!

[Questo]

thanks for the love.
future battles i wanna see:

newsfeedoff

bbc vs cnn

deadcelebtweets

thereal2pac vs notoriousBIG (i give advantage to big, that guy is so funny i actually talk to dude like its really him sometimes)

all 4 levarburton's gotta go against each other
(and sometimes the fake account is better than the real one....ie the fake shaq>>>the real one

the too good to follow anyone else celebs

karrine superhead stephans vs kanye

husband vs wife editor in chief battles

elliottwilson vs danamo

(former XXL elliot wilson vs Vibe mag's Danyel Smtih)

a gazillion other lol)

[Nigel]

Q-Tip and Quest were two of the first for me to follow. I almost couldn't believe that these were the real accounts for two pioneers/leaders/innovators of hip hop! I've been impressed by both and amused by both. From Quest talking about his chicken soup, to Q-Tip talking about music that is inspiring him right now. (BTW, Hammer is also a good hip hop head to follow... @MCHammer)

Much love!
- Nigel @nigelprentice

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