Twitter was originally created as a way to keep in touch with friends by answering the question, “What are you doing?” Posts have to be 140 characters or less. According to a January ABA Journal article, many blogging lawyers are now posting on Twitter as well.
Now comes an ABA Journal article reporting that Seattle personal injury lawyer Bill Marler will donate $25,000 to charity if he obtains 25,000 additional Twitter followers by the end of the month. Apparently, Marler was insprired by Ashton Kutcher’s agreement to donate 10,000 malaia nets if he won a race with CNN to sign up one million Twitter followers. Marler, who represents victims of food-borne illnesses, said his followers include “foodie-type people,” government health workers, journalists and other lawyers. He says doesn’t view the service as a way of generating clients, but he does see it as a way of communicating with government and media representatives interested in food-safety issues.
Marler says he’s a little surprised that the post hasn’t generated more followers. Somehow, I’m not surprised that people aren’t falling all over themselves to sign up to follow the tweets of a health food lawyer.
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