Bill Gates over 100k followers in 8 hours.

Mashable Reports on Bill Gates’ first day twittering! Welcome Sir! Click here for the original story. Eight hours ago, Microsoft founder Bill Gates joined Twitter. Five hours ago, Twitter’s Caroline Mizumoto tweeted about it. And moments ago, @BillGates broke 100,000 Twitter followers. If you’re looking for the breakdown, that’s about 12,500 Twitter followers per hour, or ~208 new tweeps per ...