Tech | February 12, 2009 | 13 comments

Twitter users (and Current) meet for global charity festival

source: http://twitter.com/twestival

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On the 12th February, Twitter users in 175 cities around the world met in bars, clubs, casinos and other venues for a global charity party night organised 100% by approximately 1000 volunteers connected on the micro-blogging site.

Up to 20,000 users of the social messaging service are thought to have come together with the aim of raising huge amounts of money for the 1.1billion people in the world who can’t access clean drinking water.

In the UK, 17 places hosted their own meet-ups for Twitter users in the likes of Brighton, London, Dublin and Glasgow.

Globally, Twestival is predicted to raise in a massive $1m for charity:water, which aims to provide clean and safe drinking water in third world countries.

Current UK's team (@currentuk) attended the London Twestival (@LDNtwestival) and loved putting meeting the people behind the avatars on Current.com and Twitter. To those of you we met, thanks for saying hi!

Twitter, which lets users posts messages in up to 140 characters, has been all over the mainstream media in the UK due to high profile celebrity users Jonathan Ross (@wossy), Stephen Fry (@stephenfry) and Philip Schofield (@schofe). This week, the site entered the UK's 100 most visited websites for the first time, ranking at 91.
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13 comments // Twitter users (and Current) meet for global charity festival

  • AnnieMole
  • leahl
  • leahl
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      leahl  

    • TwestivalSF was good fun..filled to the gills with local twitter celebs such as @kevinrose, @laughingingsquid and many many many other twits.

      I narrowly escaped getting interviewed by geek entertainment who were asking questions like, "do you twitter when on the toilet?" and, "Do you twitter before, during, or after sex?"

      ummmmmm....uuuuhhhh....I plead the 5th. I mean...no comment! (But I'll be sure and post their video as soon as it is uploaded)

      Meanwhile, I caught up with the organizers, and caught this very short interview with @bravegirl who spoke to the power of social media.

    • 3 years ago
  • AnnieMole
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      AnnieMole  
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    • SW2, I'd have been worried if it was snowing in Sydney. Here's RichJM & Sav_ chatting about Current to @jopkins last night at London Twestival :-)

    • 3 years ago
  • SW2
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      SW2  

    • I just attended the Sydney Twestival at the Australian Photography Museum in Paddington.

      The crowd wasn't queuing round the corner in the snow but we had a great turn out and it was a fun event. I don't think I would have attended if it wasn't for charity.

    • 3 years ago
  • leahl
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      leahl  
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    • And....Current SF will be at Twestival in our fair city of San Francisco. Be sure and say hi if you're there! (I'll be wearing a green scarf).

    • 3 years ago
  • middle_east
  • fostec
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      fostec  

    • I'm pretty impressed with the artists that have donated for the cause. BLoc Party, Ben Westbeech and even Mistabishi from HospitalRecords! Big

    • 3 years ago
  • Mista_G
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      Mista_G  

    • Gutted I cant make it but being a new fan of the site i think its a great idea to have such an event to raise money for a worthwhile cause.

    • 3 years ago
  • NatRed
  • mattbrawn
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      mattbrawn  
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    • I'm really looking forward to Twestival tonight. It's so amazing knowing I was at the first ever one and now it's a global phenomenon!

      It's been one of, if not THE, most trending topics on Twitter all day. Rightfully so I'd say!

      http://search.twitter.com/

    • 3 years ago
  • ras_menelik
  • AnnieMole
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      AnnieMole  

    • Two weeks ago we chatted to some ladies for Silicon Stilletoes asking what water meant to them and the longest they'd ever been without water. Look out for us tonight, if you're @LDNTwestival

    • 3 years ago
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