Twitter Buzz About New Pope Hit 140,000 Tweets Per Minute
Twitter has a few well-known loves. Sports would top the list and is probably tied with celebrities, followed closely behind by politics and ridiculous trending topics. But you might be surprised to learn about Tweeple’s other love – religion (or at least the Pope).
And the Dalai Lama is pretty popular too.
Even before the official @Pontifex account sent its first tweet (all the previous tweets from Pope Benedict XVI were deleted), the Twitterverse was going nuts about the white smoke coming from the Sistine Chapel, signifying a new Pope had been selected during Conclave.
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