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 and Melinda Gates Foundation blog, which she tweeted in her first post. Part of her explanation, from the blog appropriately titled �Impatient Optimists� includes:
