..:: SimplyBlackAndWhite » Bill Gates http://simplyblackandwhite.net ..:: Putting Colors into Black and White ::.. Thu, 24 Mar 2011 14:42:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Bill Gates Surpasses 100,000 Twitter Followers in 8 Hours http://simplyblackandwhite.net/2010/01/20/bill-gates-surpasses-100000-twitter-followers-in-8-hours/ http://simplyblackandwhite.net/2010/01/20/bill-gates-surpasses-100000-twitter-followers-in-8-hours/#comments Wed, 20 Jan 2010 07:14:08 +0000 admin http://simplyblackandwhite.net/?p=64 Microsoft founder Bill Gates joined Twitter. Welcome to the Twitterverse, Bill Gates. After 8 hours, @BillGates broke 100,000 Twitter followers.

The last time we’ve seen a new Twitter user with this kind of popularity was Oprah when she first joined Twitter. Mr. Gates proves that he is not not only the world’s richest man, but one of its most popular it. His legacy as an entrepreneur and a philanthropist are far from forgotten.

Putting the numbers together, that’s about 12,500 Twitter followers per hour, or ~208 new tweeps per minute. In reality though, Bill’s follower count escalated after Caroline’s tweet, meaning his real rate of growth is about 20,000 new followers per hour.

Kudos to you Mr. Gates!

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