Pete Wentz’s Twitter Promise
When Fall Out Boy bassist/ songwriter Pete Wentz noticed that his wife, singer-actress Ashlee Simpson reached the one million followers mark on Twitter, he promised something special to his followers if he hit the same mark.
Of course, this got us, his Twitter followers (yes, I follow him on Twitter, I follow the whole Simpsons clan, actually, with the exception of Papa Joe) in a speculating buzz as to what it is. However, he said that “p.s. the surprise isnt a gift or a song or a reveal. so if you want to unfollow thats ok. its something from my tiny black heart.” Ooohhh, intriguing, right?
Anyways, when he finally revealed what it was, I then guessed that maybe Pete’s heart isn’t so little, nor so black, after all. Why do I say that? Because in celebration of hitting his one millionth Twitter follower mark, Pete partnered with Invisible Children, to raise money to end war and displacement in Uganda.
He tweeted: When I started on here with twitter I had no idea a couple of weird jokes, that didn’t even make sense to me half the time, and funny links would end me up with a million followers. I realize I spend most of the time saying things that are only funny to me or directing you towards my friends songs or buying a t-shirt. I realize we can us Twitter as a social/philanthropic tool in new media too. So I figured my tweet for my millionth follower should be really special. I set up this site to make it easy for us to help our friends in East Africa.
Awwwww…don’t you just want to hug him? Because as Pete explains, “If even half of the million people following me donate a dollar to this it will mean a huge difference for these kids.”
Good point Pete. And as soon as I can, I’ll donate the $1 from my Paypal account to help Invisible Children, and of course, Pete Wentz, in their battle to help these poor kids.
Kudos to you, Pete!
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