The Twitter background: To snaz or not to snaz that is the
question. I really have no definitive answer to that
question. But it seems that if you are trying to make a name
for yourself anything will help and it can’t hurt to pimp
out your Twitter background to see if you can’t stand out
from the rest maybe even create a little controversy. If you
already are famous as heck, like Demi Moore, I guess you
don’t have to do squat to your account to attract huge
followings of Twitter faithful who will hang on your every
word.

That said I thought I would spot light a few Twitter
backgrounds and give you some background on the backgrounds
if that makes any sense at all.

Since we mentioned Demi Moore already I will just start with
her background. Of course if you are a Gen Xer you remember
Demi as the hot starlet with the husky voice from St. Elmos
Fire or perhaps her early marriage to Bruce Willis or the
too numerous to mention movies she has starred in and now
are just starting to believe she is some sort of vampire,
because frankly gravity is not doing things to her body that
it is to the rest of us. If you are younger than a Gen Xer
you just may think she is some pretty young woman you’d like
to hangout with. Whatever you think of Demi- her Twitter
following has erupted to over half of million while probably
her Twitter background is one of the most plain and
unpretentious on the site. Her back ground or the lack of it
can be seen at http://twitter.com/mrskutcher

Now to cover the other end of the spectrum I think absolute
craziest Twitter background title belongs to Mr. Michael Ian
Black in which has a depiction of him hiding behind Dr.
Pepper cans evidently naked and apparently strangling a
unicorn while Demi Moore is looking on.

This background seems to be helping him gain followers
because he also has over a quarter of a million followers,
even though he is not famous. He does claim to be a famous
comedian but his claim to fame is from an obscure show on
MTV which no one watched since MTV has stopped playing video
and started ripping off Mexican TV game shows. His Twitter
background can be seen at

http://api.twitter.com/michaelianblack

To contrast the art work of the Mr. Blacks Twitter
background I would like to leave you with the classic black
background. The sort of Ralf Lorene style background which
no one can comment on or condemn, because it is so simple
and classically black. This is the little black dress of
Twitter websites and like the dress it is perfect for every
occasion. In the Twitter world a classic black background
goes with whatever you have to say. The classic black
background goes well with political statements, just day to
day banter, celebrity gossip even if you don’t have anything
to say. Like in the case of The Mime who has not only gained
over 8,000 followers without being famous he has also gained
all of those followers without ever tweeting a single word. That’s
right since becoming a member The Mime has amassed a loyal
following thru his classic black background and his uncanny
ability to keep us spellbound by his (-) tweets. You can see The Mime on
Twitter at http://api.twitter.com/TheMime

So, you can see for yourself how a background can work or
not work for you.