Twitter is changing the celebrity world as we know it, my friends.
That probably sounds pretty dramatic, haha, but really - in what other reality would Matt Lewis tell me, a lowly blogger, about his involvement with Action for Children, Emma Watson ask me to explain Babel Fish, and Taylor Laurent actually follow me back? (Sure, he follows everyone back, but whatever.)
Oh, and let's not forget: Twitter might have actually allowed Demi Moore to save a life.
Yep, that's right - and if you've watched the news or spent any amount of time online since Friday, you've probably already heard. According to ABC News, one of Moore's followers (by the name of "Sandieguy") on Twitter told Moore via an "@ reply":
"Getting a knife, a big one that is sharp. Going to cut my arm down the whole arm so it doesn't waste time."
And then followed up with:
"gbye ... gonna kill myself now."
I have no idea how Moore, who has over 400,000 followers, managed to catch that message, but her response (a simple "hope you are joking") might have prompted a slew of other Twitter users to track down the original message and contact local authorities who got the suicidal Twitter user to safety. According to Jermaine Thomas, the San Jose Police Department Public Information Officer, the department received several calls about "Sandieguy" and they were able to locate the user and get him (or her?) to safety.
Moore's husband, Ashton Kutcher, later attempted to soothe nerves when he posted:
"wifey reported a suicide attempt based on a at reply tweet she got and saved someones life. the woman is in the hospital now."
(Twitter is also killing proper grammar as we know it.)
To be honest, I sat on this for a while, unsure of how to respond. Honestly, I was a little unsure of how exactly I felt about it.