Why are some tweets more popular than others? When a Twitter staff member set out to answer that question 10 months ago, he thought the answer would emerge among posts from N.B.A. players, politicians or actors. Instead, he found a mystery: a set of messages that were ricocheting around Twitter, being forwarded and responded to at a rate that was off the charts.
“They were punching way above their weight,” said Robin Sloan, who discovered the anomaly but did not recognize the names behind the tweets.
Joyce Meyer, Max Lucado and Andy Stanley were not well known inside Twitter’s offices. But they had all built loyal ranks of followers well beyond their social networks — they were evangelical Christian leaders whose inspirational messages of God’s love perform about 30 times as well as Twitter messages from pop culture powerhouses like Lady Gaga.
TONY DIGIROLAMO- QUITE A STORY HERE AND IT LOOKS LIKE CHRISTIANS ARE USING THE TOOLS OF COMMUNICATIONS, THE SOCIAL NETWORK, TWITTER.
The article points out, "While many ministers say that Facebook is better for staying in touch with church members, Twitter can connect Christian leaders to new audiences."
I got the story from Twitter, a wonderful Christian young lady, it's fitting that she got a ReTweet! She's doing exactly what should be done! Spreading the word.
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