Melinda Gates Joins Twitter, Soars To 20,000 Followers In 2 Days

She may have only tweeted seven times thus far, but Melinda Gates is amassing followers on Twitter at a rapid pace. She’s nowhere near her hubby, Bill, just yet, but given his clout and her association with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, she could reach his more-than-a-million-followers status faster than you might think.

Melinda signed up for Twitter on September 21st, and since then has amassed just under 20,000 followers. That means she’s seeing a 10,000/day follower growth – wouldn’t you just drool if that was you?

Rather than simply signing on and beginning to tweet, she wrote a thoughtful piece on why she decided to join Twitter on the Bill

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