A Visual Aid, but of what....

Because number of Twitter followers OBVIOUSLY correlates to SOMETHING meaningful, here is a comparison of followers totals between some Twitter-saavy stalwarts of literature (click on the graph for a larger size if for some crazy reason you actually want to read the figures):



Ha! Take that, Pynchon! The Gravity's Rainbow ain't such a snappy parabola when you're on the short side of the regression!

Lesson learned: I am a web 2.0 GENIUS in comparison with a reclusive writer some 50+ years my senior.

Also: I am truly a strange person, enjoying spending 45+ minutes making pointless graphs on a Saturday morning.