Cisco Twitter Follower THROWDOWN!!
First, there was Ashton Kutcher (@aplusk) versus CNN (@cnnbrk) to see who would be the first twitter account to have 1,000,000 followers…now the next gauntlet has been thrown down.
In his introduction today of Cisco CTO Padmasree Warrior (@Padmasree on twitter), the executive host of CiscoLive!Cisco SVP Carlos Dominguez (@carlosdominguez) challenged her to the NEXT, BIG TWITTER FOLLOWER COMPETITION!!!
@Padmasree is one of the most followed executives on Twitter. Currently, she has over 650,000 followers. @CarlosDominguez is…newer to twitter and a little bit behind @padmasree’s twitter following as he currently has 376 followers. That’s right…not 376,000…not 3,760…376.
His challenge to @Padmasree was this: He would get to 10,000 followers before she gets to 1,000,000. The “loser” of this competition will donate $500 to the favorite charity of the winner. So, hey, everyone wins, right?
So, the gauntlet is now thrown…who’s going to win? @carlosdominguez? Or, @padmasree? My money is on Ashton. : )
And, of course, if you aren’t already following Cisco on twitter, please do so @CiscoSystems.
Posted by John Earnhardt at 10:01AM PST
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Carlos Dominguez Jul 1, 2009
John,
I’ve been tracking Padmas’ twitter followers and she is so popular that she got 8,000 new followers yesterday in an 8 hour period. I think she was sleeping during those hours.
I know that I have my work cut out. She is much better looking, smarter and a much nicer person than I. She is a twitter machine and I on the other hand am a twitter abecedarian.
Let the fun begin. By the way, my money is also on Ashton!
Carlos