Stephen Fry

Stephen Fry held a speech on the twitter phenomenon and compared the early critique and doubt regarding twitter to the early days of e-mail. Both would have been initially for nerds only. The aim of twitter would be foremost social and emotional; he calls it human-shaped, not business-shaped.
He also hypothesized that twitter must be very upsetting for journalists because the relationship between celebrities and audience is not dependent on them anymore. He gave examples when his credit or blame (critique of an article, a political decision) was overemphasized. He did not start those topics, he merely participated in the debate. He acknowledges his influence because of his followers but the community would decide what to pick up. You had to experience twitter to understand it.

Stephen Fry was among the celebrities who responded to children at Oakwood Primary School in Leeds, asking for items they would otherwise have thrown away - his was a plastic dinosaur and a Hong Kong two dollar coin. He also contributed a Doodle to the National Doodle Campaign, which auctions off celebrity doodles for charity.

In 2001, Stephen Fry was a guest on Room 101, a BBC comedy show. The basic premise is to name things that are hated, loathed, or despised and put them into Room 101. Stephen went so far as to put Room 101 itself into Room 101 since it only focuses on negative things. He would like to add a Room Lovely.