Back in early 2007, I registered the generic Twitter handle @opinion, thinking it might make a nice handle for some kind of lightweight Twitter-based survey app. I made a couple test posts, then forgot about it.

The account laid dormant for over five years, with no followers. Then, a few weeks ago, I noticed I was getting a flood of new followers to @opinion, and there was a curious pattern to their profiles. This is fairly representative of the 1,002 current followers:

Recently, interspersed between the GOP fans, there are also a few like this:

Does anyone know what’s going on here? Where did all these followers come from? Do the campaigns have Twitter bots following generic handles?

And more importantly, what should I do with this account now, for fun or profit? :)

Someday soon, talking into or looking at our phones will be but a quaint memory. This technology rides on geeky-looking glasses now, but imagine when it will be embedded with a retinal or corneal implant.

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