{"id":655,"date":"2009-08-26T10:56:52","date_gmt":"2009-08-26T08:56:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.labourstart.org\/blogs\/?p=655"},"modified":"2009-08-26T11:05:24","modified_gmt":"2009-08-26T09:05:24","slug":"twittermania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.labourstart.org\/blogs\/?p=655","title":{"rendered":"Twittermania"},"content":{"rendered":"

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.\u00a0 Which is why I devoted today’s mailing to LabourStart’s list in English to Twitter.\u00a0 Basically, I want our list of Twitter followers to grow, and to grow very quickly.\u00a0 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.\u00a0 Here is how our Twitter following has grown over the last year:<\/p>\n

26 August 2009 1,200
\n1 July 2009 1,127
\n15 May 2009: 1,000
\n13 May 2009: 992
\n27 March 2009: 834
\n26 November 2008: 593
\n25 October 2008: 575<\/p>\n

By way of comparison, here are some current numbers of Twitter followers (as of 26 August 2009):<\/p>\n