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January 20th, 2010, 21:05
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/4/2010/01/500x_billyg.jpg (http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/4/2010/01/billyg.png)Wondering why Bill Gates (http://gizmodo.com/tag/billgates/) decided to join the Twitter crazy (http://gizmodo.com/5452532/bill-gates-is-now-on-twitter-follow-him-to-see-his-sleb-hobnobbing) recently? Turns out he's probably doing it for the same reason as most of us: Shameless self-promotion. Except he's promoting some very, very good causes through a new website.
Earlier Bill Gates tweeted about his new website, the Gates Notes (http://www.thegatesnotes.com/), and with his two-hundred-something-thousand followers that announcement is bound to be retweeted until even your grandma has heard about it. This means that by the end of the day a few more people might know about Gates' ideas on curing malaria with candy (http://gizmodo.com/5387135/bill-gates-seeks-to-cure-malaria-with-candy), education reform, helping Haiti, and all the other issues the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation focuses on.
Pardon that fluffy, happy view on a simple tweet, but—with the exception of the recent calls for Haiti aid—I don't often see Twitter used to promote something with great potential to make the world a lovelier place and I've got a weak spot for the work done by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to begin with. Nice work, Billy. You've got a retweet from me. [The Gates Notes (http://twitter.com/BillGates/status/7997890347) via Bill Gates (http://twitter.com/BillGates/status/7997890347)]
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More... (http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/vYKPVxgvfiI/bill-gates-has-a-shiny-new-website-to-go-with-the-new-twitter-account)
Earlier Bill Gates tweeted about his new website, the Gates Notes (http://www.thegatesnotes.com/), and with his two-hundred-something-thousand followers that announcement is bound to be retweeted until even your grandma has heard about it. This means that by the end of the day a few more people might know about Gates' ideas on curing malaria with candy (http://gizmodo.com/5387135/bill-gates-seeks-to-cure-malaria-with-candy), education reform, helping Haiti, and all the other issues the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation focuses on.
Pardon that fluffy, happy view on a simple tweet, but—with the exception of the recent calls for Haiti aid—I don't often see Twitter used to promote something with great potential to make the world a lovelier place and I've got a weak spot for the work done by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to begin with. Nice work, Billy. You've got a retweet from me. [The Gates Notes (http://twitter.com/BillGates/status/7997890347) via Bill Gates (http://twitter.com/BillGates/status/7997890347)]
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