Why do people want other people to become "followers" on Twitter?

[Alexa]

I dont get it. personal i think followers who dont know u are stalkers. can someone please explain...

[Cheif Goku C]

If you know about facebook or myspace, when you follow someone on twitter, it is like adding a friend on facebook. In my opinion, stick with Facebook or Myspace, Twitter is just a cheap knockoff.

[Susan C]

People gather followers on Twitter because they want to briefly share some type of information with those who have a common interest.

I consider to be like instant messaging except that it's online and allows you to communicate your message to thousands.

Most of those using twitter and trying to get lots of followers don't use it to message about their private lives often. Instead they use it to provide information about something they've found that could be useful to their followers.

For instance, Barack Obama is uses Twitter to get quick messages to his 1 million+ followers and I use it to give quick updates about blog articles and other online resources to my followers.