Twittermania
Having used Twitter on an iPod Touch for several weeks now, I can see how this can be seen as the fastest way of getting information out — especially useful for campaigns and breaking news. Which is why I devoted today’s mailing to LabourStart’s list in English to Twitter. Basically, I want our list of Twitter followers to grow, and to grow very quickly. It’s taken us nearly 9 months to double in size, but I think with this mailing, we may see a big surge in new signups. Here is how our Twitter following has grown over the last year:
26 August 2009 1,200
1 July 2009 1,127
15 May 2009: 1,000
13 May 2009: 992
27 March 2009: 834
26 November 2008: 593
25 October 2008: 575
By way of comparison, here are some current numbers of Twitter followers (as of 26 August 2009):
- AFL-CIO (USA) 1,815
- LabourStart (Global) 1,200
- UNISON (UK) 881
- DGB (Germany) 588
- IG Metall (Germany) 225
- UNI (Global) 220
- CFDT (France) 157
- Education International (Global) 54
- ITUC (Global) 46
- ITF (Global) 16
One last thing — according to Twitterholic, we make the top 35,000 Twitterers. That’s not good enough.
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