Twitter, gay rights and controlling the message

[Ian David]

Twitter, gay rights and controlling the message
Filed by: Bil Browning
April 22, 2009 7:30 PM

While Twitter has taken the world by storm and we've talked about using social media for LGBT organizing, I'd like to expand the topic just a bit. I'd like to delve into how our community is getting its news and information - and how can we harness that to get our message into the broader mainstream consciousness?

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Looks similar to the front page of most major LGBT blogs, right? Let's examine the Angie Zapata tweet a little closer; it's actually a "retweet" - someone forwarding on a posting. In this case, I posted a link to Mercedes' "Disposable" post originally, Join The Impact retweeted it, another user retweeted that and then Projector Kelli Busey retweeted that user. What I typed was passed on to over 7100 people of all sexual orientations and gender identities in less than a half an hour. Details and a breakdown after the jump.



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Here's the people who have retweeted my original posting that I could spot right away and the number of followers they have:

* Join the Impact - 2855 followers
* stevenblue - 281 followers
* IanDavidB - 174 followers (That's ME! http://twitter.com/iandavidb )
* Kajivar - 261 followers
* GeekJames - 351 followers
* Michelangelo Signorile - 1029 followers
* NutkinNB - 233 followers
* janewishon - 24 followers
* Melissa_Atwell - 58 followers
* eroticawriter - 85 followers
* leahruth91 - 22 followers
* ErinLHill - 45 followers
* free_state - 21 followers
* MariKurisato - 1289 followers

Bilerico Tweets: 1899

Total Retweets: 6728
Grand Total: 8627



More:
http://www.bilerico.com/2009/04/the_lgbt_community_and_twitter.php