I was interested in this story, and tried to find out more. I'm guessing it was a race to 100,000, but it's bizarre to think there was a time when both Laporte

I was interested in this story, and tried to find out more. I'm guessing it was a race to 100,000, but it's bizarre to think there was a time when both Laporte and Rose had more twitter followers than Obama. Also, it's amusing to see The Guardian unsure whether it should tweet. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/blog/2008/may/18/leolaporteisnowthetoptwe https://www.theguardian.com/technology/blog/2008/may/18/leol...