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Wow! More than 1 million have supported with a Twibbon!

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It’s official; since launching in July, over one million supporters have now worn Twibbons on social networks to represent the causes, movements and brands that they connect with.

Born out of the simple notion of helping users make more enduring and visual statements online using their profile pictures, campaigns such as the IE6 Must Die initiative, Breast Cancer Awareness Month, World AIDS Day and, most recently, the ongoing Haitian disaster have resulted in tens of thousands of social networking enthusiasts donning flags, ribbons and symbols for important causes.

More than 26,000 causes have also been created, the most popular seeing a staggering 90,000 supporters wearing pink breast cancer ribbons on Twitter and Facebook in October alone.

It’s amazing to break the one million mark. We’re going to continue with this incredible momentum over the coming year and introduce some big new features that will enhance Twibbon’s position as a hub for causes and campaigns online. We’d like to thank all the passionate people who have got us this far and hope you’ll join us on the next part of this extraordinary journey. There’s still so much to do.

Some of our first users will recall the stripped down initial version of the service, with no ‘Trends’, ‘Leagues’ or even categories to break causes into. Since then we’ve come on leaps and bounds, won some prestigious awards, and developed a customisation service to brands who want a fuller Twibbon experience.

UPDATE: Mashable have already picked up on this milestone, and have written a very nice article on the subject: http://mashable.com/2010/01/20/twibbon-one-million/

Thanks,

The Twibbon Team

Social networking users show mass support in the wake of the Haitian earthquakes

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Download a Twibute wallpaper or Twitter background from all the profile pictures sporting Haitian Twibbons.

 

On the twelfth of January, a huge earthquake devastated the Caribbean island of Haiti, with the capital city of Port-Au-Prince particularly affected. With sparse communication and an infrastructure that has struggled to deal with a catastrophe of this proportion, the immediate aftermath of the situation has so far been grim for Haitians.

 

Social networking websites have played a huge and effective part in raising necessary global awareness and, of course donations, needed to address this problem.

 

World renowned musical artist and indigenous Haitian, Wyclef Jean, has been particularly prolific in raising awareness of the situation on Twitter, and with his Yele organisation has managed to raise significant donations through SMS text messages. At the same time, the American Red Cross has raised more than $3,000,000 through a text message campaign.

 

In addition to donations (details to help with donations yourself at the bottom of this blog), users have been wearing and promoting a few different Twibbons on Facebook and Twitter to show solidarity in the face of a great national and global tragedy. The most popular Twibbon is a simple representation of the Haitian flag, and has been worn by the likes of Russell Simmons (@uncleRUSH) and Sean Kingston (@seankingston), while there are two variations of Twibbon asking social networking users to “Pray for Haiti”.

 

More than 15,000 users have worn the popular Haiti Twibbon.

Estimates vary, but the American Red Cross report that more than 40,000 people may have died so far from this disaster and that a staggering 3 million more may be injured or homeless.

To help, please consider these two donation options through Google or Oxfam.

Thanks,


The Twibbon Team

 

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Show your support for the Dancing on Ice skaters

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ITV’s latest project Dancing on Ice is resoundingly topical considering the arctic blast that’s hit Britain over the last few days! Fortunately, while all the contestants involved are freezing their tootsies off to impress the judges, you can bathe in the warm glow of your TV and computer in the build up to tonight’s first episode.

And, of course, they all have Twibbons.

The Dancing on Ice homepage is bursting with info on all this year’s contestants, so if you don’t know your Sinitta from your Bobby Davro, don’t worry – there’s plenty of time to work out who to lend your social networking support to. You can also show your Twitter and Facebook followers how much you’re enjoying the show by wearing the official Dancing on Ice Twibbon. Oh, and when you’re talking about it on Twitter and Facebook make sure you use the #DOI hashtag (so we all know we’re talking about the same thing!)

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There’s plenty of Twitter accounts keeping everyone informed on the Dancing on Ice goings-on, not least the official @dancingonice and world famous skaters @torvillanddean, so get involved in the discussion. The big launch is just 11 hours away!

The Twibbon Team.